Comment An analogy (Score 1) 1095
I know this topic has been talked to death, but here's an analogy that illustrates the situation I think: posters to slashdot.org are authors/publishers and slashdot.org is a bookstore.
If I write and publish a book that has copyrighted material who should the lawyers come after when it's discovered? Me. If a bookstore sells (or gives away in this case) copies of my book, is it their job to police the content of my book? I don't think so.
what should slashdot do? Nothing. They aren't editors, they're service providers. The service is providing a medium for people to post their comments.
Anyway, that's my opinion.
If I write and publish a book that has copyrighted material who should the lawyers come after when it's discovered? Me. If a bookstore sells (or gives away in this case) copies of my book, is it their job to police the content of my book? I don't think so.
what should slashdot do? Nothing. They aren't editors, they're service providers. The service is providing a medium for people to post their comments.
Anyway, that's my opinion.
