[thelist] More Smart Tags

[Ryan Finley]

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1. Site owners and browser users should be allowed to opt-in only. Don't
force me and things won't seem forced.
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It IS opt-in.  Smart tags are OFF by default.  You have to know they exist,
and go under Preferences -> Advanced Options.  And if the website owner
doesn't want Smart tags, the user can't override the meta tag.  (At least
that's the way it was when I downloaded and installed IE6 Preview.)

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2. The inclusion of Smart Tags is "a modification or derivitave work" of the
original content of a site (according to legal beagles who called me in to
chat about this and wanted me to begin adding the opt-out meta-tag
immediately even though the new site design is due out very quickly) and
therefore represents a copyright violation.
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If the user turns on Smart tags, then wouldn't the USER be modifying your
work?  Or is it the company that facilitates the modification?  (Napster
argument.)

	Ryan Finley
	President - SurveyMonkey.com (http://www.surveymonkey.com)