On May 30, 2007, at 3:13 AM, Brock Weller wrote:
We do not, nor should not, place advertising on
our content,
whether its
only displayed on some connections or not. If others want to, ok,
but we
dont, because we create that content, and it gives the illusion of
endorsement. This is a no go, in my eyes.
I don't find this argument to be particularly compelling. This is
people who are hot-loading our content and
displaying it on other websites, under their own branding. Why
should we not, rather than blocking this activity,
find a way to benefit from it?
We do. We block it and ask them to pay us :-)
In a practical sense, I feel the benefit of adding advertising to
these live mirrors would be outweighed by the negative reaction, but
that's just a gut feeling.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk