Re: Who is creating asimov/images/other_archives?

["bill.martens@gmail.com" <bill.martens@gmail.com>]

On Dec 14, 1:42 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> bill.mart...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Dec 14, 8:17 am, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
>
> >>Toinet wrote:
>
> >>>Just wondering. I've discovered plenty of interesting materials
> >>>there...
> >>>antoine
>
> >>>http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/images/other_archives/
>
> >>I've been contributing to it, mostly from the Vault mirrors collection,
> >>which currently is not publicly accessible.
>
> >>(As you may recall from a few months ago, when I was distributing a mirror
> >>of whatisthe2gs.)
>
> >>--
> >>Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and
> >>Macintosh computing.http://macgui.com/vault/
>
> > Looks like someone took it upon themselves just to copy everyone's
> > websites without asking the website owners again.
>
> Kind of like how the wayback machine copies websites...
>
> Although I think I understand your desire for the courtesy of
> being asked, the web is actually all about copying.  Every visit
> to a page gets a copy of that page, which can be saved.
>
> This isn't a case of putting up uncredited, fiddled mirrors.  This
> is about putting up dated archives of credited sites.  There can never
> be any confusion of these archives with the live, current site.
>
> Given the capricious way that web sites come and go, I can see the
> value in preserving multiple archives of the most useful sites.
>
> ...and courtesy is also a good thing.  ;-)
>
> -michael
>
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I find little value in it since our web sites have been up for 10
years with a total of about 12 hours downtime over that time frame.
Also, just because it is on the web, doesnt mean the websites are not
copyrighted or that the website owners dont want their sites copied.
Unfortunately, there are a few people out there who dont respect the
work that others have put into these sites, which is one reason, I am
reluctant these days to put out anything more.  Courtesy is a big
thing and this kind of blatant copying just goes back to the way
things were in the late 1990's when there was nothing but in fighting.