On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> My argument is that we need this facility of archiving and downloading 
> websites not just someone who blocks capturing simply to protect 
> their 'Intellectual property'.  If something is published on the web, I 
> believe that the very act of publishing in this way, without editorial 
> control, which the web does not have in the same way as other media forms, 
> puts data into the public domain.
> 
> Terry

I agree, but Bill Thayer had a good point, regarding people who
indiscriminately download entire site, with thousands of pages unrelated
to their initial search. The load on the servers and network can be
significant!

Dave
37.277N 121.966W

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