if there is a consensus on mailing lists, that are active with
  articles, usually posts are to include an URL for any article,
  and if archived, it is assumed that the URL will eventually
  be broken, so that the archive will not be permanent, which
  is one aspect of fair-use and copying works. another aspect
  used in intense-discussion lists is to precede an article with
  some introductory commentary/statements, to preface it with
  original ideas, and not just a Fwd or copy of another's content.

  In terms of advertising, why is the NYTimes #1 on the WWW?
  Their articles are almost ubiquitous in terms of dispersing news
  and information, and have any fair-use lawsuits been filed by
  them? Not to my knowledge. They are getting something also
  in return (advertising, brand awareness) and are not losing any
  value of their publication if it drives people to their website and
  their advertisers, either online or offline. It is basic e-commerce
  101, as people proprietize information, the audience shrinks as
  do information sources and ideas and discussion, also known
  as a closed-society, and a limited (free?) press. some thoughts.

  Especially given how Museums address copyrights, though
  with much greater control of information, (no cameras, etc.)
  probably because of similar liability issues, with artists and
  artists representatives. But it is proposed this does have an
  effect/affect on the advancement of human knowledge, at
  times, through over-restrictive copyright and fuzzy fair-use
  (a rich person can pay to get a 1:1 high resolution copy of
  a work but a student scholar cannot, who has no funding).
  And that by being overly restrictive, the works themselves
  are being devalued, as a result, or overvalued at times, at
  the expense of other works and alike, the public at large.

  bc
  http://www.electronetwork.org/


On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 12:33  PM, Pamela Feltus wrote:

> Also remember that most for-profit websites set advertising rates 
> based on visitorship. So by copying their article rather than 
> providing a link to it, you are also depriving a free service of some 
> money.
>  
> Pamela
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