Comment Re:slashdot vs alterslash.org (Score 0, Flamebait) 428
Hemos, buy a clue. Your argument is paper-thin; others have rightly pointed out that it is NOT your responsibility to police the copyright of each comment (indeed you'd need to hire an extra, oh, 100 people if that were so). You are NOT liable, and the idea that someone is going to file suit against Slashdot because their comment posted here also appears on a minimal, crap-free digest site, is patently ridiculous. Methinks you drank a bit too much this afternoon.
The subtext of what you are saying is that Slashdot has exclusive rights to the display of comments posted here. That too is absurd, and if you really believe it, don't mince words. State it plainly. And save your dubious legal expertise for the stories - someone who confuses trademark and copyright should hardly assume themselves to be an expert on the subject.
I suspect that a few years ago you and Taco would have considered alterslash to be a cool hack with the added bonus of relieving a tiny fraction of your bandwidth. Toss around ridiculous hypotheticals all you want - the reason you are so aggravated by a site like alterslash these days has nothing to do with copyright, and everything to do with your desire to have a monopoly on the content which all of US essentially donate to your site, making it what it is. Oh, I know, you and Taco don't give a damn about comments because they're an insignificant blip on the radar going by the numbers blah blah.. but take away the interesting discussion which the -posters- provide, and how many people do you really think would be coming here just to read your brilliant article content?
Mod me down, karma be damned.
The subtext of what you are saying is that Slashdot has exclusive rights to the display of comments posted here. That too is absurd, and if you really believe it, don't mince words. State it plainly. And save your dubious legal expertise for the stories - someone who confuses trademark and copyright should hardly assume themselves to be an expert on the subject.
I suspect that a few years ago you and Taco would have considered alterslash to be a cool hack with the added bonus of relieving a tiny fraction of your bandwidth. Toss around ridiculous hypotheticals all you want - the reason you are so aggravated by a site like alterslash these days has nothing to do with copyright, and everything to do with your desire to have a monopoly on the content which all of US essentially donate to your site, making it what it is. Oh, I know, you and Taco don't give a damn about comments because they're an insignificant blip on the radar going by the numbers blah blah.. but take away the interesting discussion which the -posters- provide, and how many people do you really think would be coming here just to read your brilliant article content?
Mod me down, karma be damned.
