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Posted by PeterMcC on 01/24/06 13:22
dorayme wrote in
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> In article <4YhBf.1421$ur7.159@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>,
> Jose <teacherjh@aol.nojunk.com> wrote:
>
>> The PP was comparing protecting images on the net to locking the
>> front door (it stops the causal thief). I was pointing out that the
>> casual thief does real damage when goods are stolen, but probably
>> does not do much damage when a web image is "stolen" (and probably
>> just used for desktop wallpaper). The less causal thief (say, a
>> webmaster who wants an image for their site) is probably able to
>> circumvent image protection anyway.
>>
>
> Yes, ok... But you cannot know what some folk might want to
> protect against, It might be irksome to someone that any Tom,
> Dick or Harry can grab their pics and use them. I am not sure any
> real damage happens when webmasters use web pictures they grab
> without asking... it is because the damage is more purely
> psychological that stopping every ordinary Tom from using them
> might be worth doing for someone. If someone comes in a steals
> stuff from the house, one might have to replace it and work to do
> it. Not so with pics, the aggrieved party still has them and can
> use them...
You weren't visiting the planet around the end of the 14th century (local
calendar) were you?
I wonder if you heard the Wife of Bath saying, when her husband complained
that she was allowing others to... erm... "grab her pics"
For certeyn, olde dotard, by youre leve,
Ye shul have queynte right ynogh at eve.
He is to greet a nygard, that wolde werne
A man to lighte his candle at his lanterne;
He shal have never the lasse light, pardee,
Have thou ynogh, thee thar nat pleyne thee.
Rough trans: You old fool, you'll get enough c*** at night. It's a miserable
sod that won't let someone light a candle from his lantern since he won't
end up with any less light. You've got enough, stop moaning.
--
PeterMcC
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