8 May
2005
8 May
'05
9:32 a.m.
At 02:16 AM 5/8/2005, Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
There is something I don't understand.
It is unethical to open-source things that you don't own. That is stealing.
Having argued about piracy for a few decades, I can assure you
that it is much harder to argue about intellectual property issues
when there's a language barrier. Nearly impossible.
This sort of harvesting and re-aggregating of web site material
is endless these days, particularly when people get an itch to
harvest "free money" from affiliate programs. A lot of it is automated.
- John