Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here is the reason I add the obnoxious "NO ARCHIVE" to my posts. Occasionally I search for my last name in various search engines to see how often my name appears in web sites other then my own. Lately when I do this I get literaly hundreds of return hits, the vast majority of them from posts I have made to various mailing lists. Once these get into the databases of Alta Vista, Infoquest, etc., they are impossible to remove, and remain probably forever. It is simply a nuisance. See how easy it was for someone to look up Eric's posts to the Nikon Digest made ages ago. The other reason is more a matter of principle. The posts I make to the LUG are my property. There is an obvious understanding that they will be distributed to fellow LUGers in the form of real time distribution and/or digests, but I see no reason why third parties have the right to get involved and publish my posts willy nilly, without my knowledge or permission. As I said, this is more a matter of principle, and I'm not certain what legal rights I actualy have, nor am I certain that I wish to enforce them. The main reason is the nuisance factor. Dan C.