On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 11:14:19AM -0400, Joe Landman wrote: >> Most people will read that online in their browser. >> (Unless they're blind, which is actually one of >> the reasons why I'm doing it). > > I see (no pun intended). So this is an altruistic service on your part?
I hope so. > Because we, on the Beowulf list, have numerous vision-impaired readers? I'm doing this for dozens of lists. Beowulf@ is just a sideshow. > Whose tools are unable to handle links correctly? > > I am sorry, this simply doesn't make any sense, and I'm not buying it. > >> >>> Please stop posting full articles. >> >> I can tell you that the number of hits on the article >> will definitely not diminish by me posting them. > > [...] > >> You seem to think that I'm stealing the eyeballs from >> the authors. I'm not sure this is correct, unless >> there is empirical evidence for it. > > No Eugen, you are stealing revenue from them by *reducing* the number of > people that will hit their site, diminishing their possible advertising No, I'm *increasing* the number of people who will hit their site by posting the article. In some cases that will be thousands or ten thousands of additional hits. > revenue. And in the process, you are opening up the ownership and > management of the list to potential liability in jurisdictions where the > servers are located (the US), for copyright violations. I'm not in the US/IANAL so I'm not sure how much this is a problem in practice. > Never mind the bad etiquette in doing so. You simply do not want to > make the very limited media that follow this market, less interested in > doing so, as it would be less profitable for them to do so. > > The correct way to do this is to post a short snip from the article, and > then the link. Anything else amounts to stealing revenue from them, and > reproduction of their work without consent (which is a thorny issue here > in the US, where the servers and folks whom own the systems, are > located). If this is an actual problem I'm going to stop posting anything but OC. > > [ADMIN_request] > > Please indicate list policy on this. Yes, please. I don't want to get any bystanders into hot water. > [/ADMIN_request] _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
