Handling it "the asian way" may work for instances in asia. But what about in the West, where "losing face" is not a relevant concept? We have to think beyond this one instance to the general principle that applies. The actual methods with which we use to address these situations can certainly vary depending on where the other site is located and how much of our content they are using. But it is silly, and perhaps discriminatory, for us to say "Well, if it's an Asian site, we'll embarass them, but if they are not Asian we'll simply leave them alone unless we want to sue them". It's more effective for us to say "We won't tolerate this anywhere, and we will take firm action against reusage of our content in a way that flagrantly violates the GFDL. The precise type of action will vary depending on what the site is, where it is located, etc., what they are using, how big they are etc."
-Dan
On 6/12/08, Waerth waerth@asianet.co.th wrote:
Robert Stojnic wrote:
Bryan Tong Minh wrote:
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Robert Stojnic rainmansr@gmail.com
wrote:
[...] My personal POV is that we steal from China far much more than they manage to steal from us. [...]
Even though that is probably true, stealing from somebody because he stole from you does not exactly sound like a good idea.
I agree, the current situation is not exactly great, cooperation to mutual benefit is far better, but enforcing the western-viewpoint at any cost is by far the worst ( which is what seems to be pushed by some people on this mailing list ).
Robert
Please reread my mails about handling it the Asian way .....
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