Posted by Mika on 11/24/07 09:20

"Blinky the Shark" <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote in message
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> Mika wrote:
>> "SpaceGirl" <nothespacegirlspam@subhuman.net> wrote in message
>> news:f6ae717a-847b-4548-9f9f-fdc7f225dd72@o6g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> Seemed okay on my test machine here today (FireFox 2 & IE7, Windows
>>> XP). But I wonder about your site. You're using a lot of copyrighted
>>> and trademarked content... have ALL those shops agreed to let you use
>>> their "likeness"? I'm sure Nine West wont like having a picture of
>>> their shop with scaffold outside it, for example. Be careful with
>>> this...
>>
>> We took all the photos ourselves.
>>
>> All the shops get free advertising and publicity! It really isn't a
>> cause
>> for complaint.
>>
>> Most of them are willingly signed up affiliates.
>
> "Cause for complaint" will be decided by the shops which are, as you
> admit, *not* willingly signed up affiliates, if and when they become
> aware of your actions. "It's right" does not equal "It hasn't been
> discovered".

Every single shop is aware thank you very much, your assumption of "all" is
wrong. However 50% do not have an affiliate programme, therefore we list
them for free. Hence, most of them are willingly signed up affiliates. The
rest would if they could but they can't so they don't. Do you want us to
explain it any more so you can decide if it is okay or not?

If you can find me a shop who doesn't want to be advertised free of charge
on a website that gets as many hits per year as the actual real street, I'll
eat your shark stinkydent.

The site has been running for 1.5 years, with over 400 shops listed, and not
a single complaint. You really are quite blatently wrong. It is incredible
how we ask:

Q: IE cannot open Internet site ... Operation aborted
and get the response
A: You should be careful the shops on your site don't sue you

Er...

People! :-S

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