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Posted by Wings on 09/19/05 21:35
Thanks to everyone who replied. I'm going to take the suggestion to just ask
them. I'll post the reply here if there's anything in it of interest.
To those who think this is bandwidth theft, I can't agree, and is the reason
I didn't just ask in the first case. We aren't, for example, just stealing
an image without the site content. We're displaying the site, and after all,
the site is there because they want people to see it - so whether they come
through me to get to his provider, or directly, is a mute point as to
bandwidth use. I.e., I previously had a link to them and my users would go
there and use the bandwidth anyhow.
As for objections against using iFrames, I hear you., but I'm not that good
at this and haven't a clue as to how else one would go about doing it. But
the question is rather mute as the site is for the use of a group of about
15 people only - it isn't a commercial site - and none of them have any
problems at the page. I think we're all microsoft serfs (grin).
"Morgan" <spamtrap@O2.ie> wrote in message
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> Wings wrote:
>> I put a state highway conditions page into my page on hiking, via an
>> iframe,
>> as highway conditions were important to our groups bi-weekly hiking
>> trips.
>> However, I've been somewhat uncomfortable over this. Just what are the
>> ettiquette rules for grabbing someone else's page to enhance your own?
>> One
>> part of me says they should be happy for the exposure, but I realize that
>> I
>> am using them for my own purposes. Yes, I could link to them. but their
>> page
>> works so well with mine. Any comments in this regard? Is there a site
>> dedicated to questions like this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> In legal terms, there is a concept called fair use which applies to
> internet content/copyright.
>
> Basically if you use the information for a non-profit purpose you're
> ok. If however you use the information that isn't your content in a
> profit context of any kind you could be sued, even if you just copied a
> simple gif image from the site.
>
> (In which case ask them, and then if they don't give it, you'll have to
> make up your own content.)
>
> See this link for more info on it.
>
> http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm
>
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