[thelist] [thelist]Re: death by banner- the next generation

[Raymond Camden]

>
> I can see spyware being a problem for end users.  From a web developer
> perspective, I'm more concerned about another person/company
> defacing my content.  I do not need anyone else to act as an
> editor on my site.
>
> I believe all these overlay technologies should be opt-ins for
> the delivering
> web sites, not just the consumers.  Last I checked, copyright law
> allows me
> to set who can republish/repurpose my work during the copyright
> period.  Gator
> is just the latest in a growing line of Rude Boys who strive to steal as
> much as they can from others until someone makes them stop.
>

Even though I didn't like the sunglasses analogy - let me use it here. Is it
"republishing/repurposing" if I place something in front of you? For a
moment, let's forget the spyware stuff, I _definitely_ agree that that is
pure evil. Let's assume that this software was up front about what it did.
Or, let's make it nicer. Instead of putting an ad in front of you, it puts a
quote of the day or some such. How would you view that?

p.s. As a side note, I still have a CSS template that people can use for IE.
It searches for graphics of default ad sizes and simply hides them. Is this
illegal? I choose to employ the CSS so I don't think it would be.

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Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia

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