Well, I agree that this is a privacy issue primarily.
As an aside, I find it unlikely that "fair use" could possibly be interpretted to allow the wholesale copying and *re-distributing* of the whole of copyrighted content of entire websites. (Personal copying for historical record with limited access would have a pretty good argument for it. But the Wayback Machine is open to everyone. Hell, I've used it myself to get once-free content which has since become pay content!)
But anyway, this little thread has, I think, run its little course...
FF
On 12/31/05, Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 12/31/05, Fastfission fastfission@gmail.com wrote:
Hey -- I agree completely on its utility! I love the site myself! But let's not pretend that there aren't some major copyright questions with mirroring the content of the entire internet and making it available to everyone who wants it.
FF
Sure, there are copyright questions with mirroring content. There are also some answers, including the doctrine of fair use. In any case, that there are copyright questions over mirroring content doesn't mean that mirroring content is the same as ripping someone off. I mean, c'mon, does Rob think he was going to make any money off that page?
It seems to me this is a privacy issue (if anything), not a copyright one.
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