Auctioning this sites link on eBay?

[amusement]

I wish Lindsay would ban his IP from viewing the data. Then he'd relly be stuck after he sells all "47" of the available lists.

IP address can by dynamically assigned making your request mute.
Plus, a user can use a proxy server to hide.

What (I think) is necessary is an ever vigilant and observant mass of volenteers monitoring for these type of sales.

 

[STiMULi]

IP address can by dynamically assigned making your request mute.
Plus, a user can use a proxy server to hide.

What (I think) is necessary is an ever vigilant and observant mass of volenteers monitoring for these type of sales.

And maybe some legitimate auctions sponsored by this site to support increased membership

 

[SCPD]

The idea somone has to pay a third party to find the link to the WIKI article violates the copyright.

I don't think it does. I think eBay's reasons for closing the auction might be more pragmatic - but I can only guess as to their motives. Just because something is legal - does not mean it is necessarily a good thing (for eBay or us).

About Copyrights

I'm a published author - both in words and running code. No, really - hit Google for my name and email address - you'll see what I mean. I can write an article that refers to, describes, paraphrases or links to your article (perhaps it appears in the bibliography of my article). Unless I COPY your article, I am not encroaching your copyright. In fact, most authors like this. Your copyright does not prevent me from having my own copyright (and vice-versa). I may choose to charge for the work I created (or release it under a CC or GPL like license as you have done) - even if it refers to something done by you.

To actually see the work you created, they would have to click through that link or look up the citation in a library catalog. If linking to copyrighted material were illegal (or required every linked item to be checked for a suitable "link friendly" license) - Google and Yahoo! would be out of business (and so would most of the linked content of every Wiki on the planet).

Why do we tolerate linking, cataloging and indexing copyrighted material? Easy - so we can find it! What's the point of publishing something if no one can find it.

Standard disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer.

This person is (or was) providing a service - an incredibly trivial one but - I think - a legal one. It's a bit like publishing a phone book with only one phone number in it. Some people think valet parking is a waste of money. The buyer decides what is worthy of their money and what isn't.

-rick

 

[amusement]

Rick congradulations on being a pulished author.

It's an awesome form of self expression.

 

[blantonl]

One thing that concerns me is that this person might be auctioning off data from this site, meaning he's providing "precompiled reports" to folks that win his auction.

I'll come down on him hard, it will get very expensive for him very quickly. Selling information from this site is a recipe for trouble.

 

[MacombMonitor]

One thing that concerns me is that this person might be auctioning off data from this site, meaning he's providing "precompiled reports" to folks that win his auction.

I'll come down on him hard, it will get very expensive for him very quickly. Selling information from this site is a recipe for trouble.

Could this be the same individual that was attempting to download the entire site about a month ago?

Bill

 

[Dubbin]

Could this be the same individual that was attempting to download the entire site about a month ago?

Bill

Wow, I couldn't imagine going through each system to download them. I got PDF's for most of Ohio and that right there took a bit of time

Now Lindsay needs to buy one of these list from this guy to see what hes selling.

 

[rescue161]

He wasn't downloading each one, he tried to download the whole site all at once.

 

[amusement]

Ebay sent a their usuall "we can't tell you what we did" email. His Ebay account is still alive ... for now.

 

[hotdjdave]

eBay Account

Ebay sent a their usuall "we can't tell you what we did" email. His Ebay account is still alive ... for now.

Unfortunately, it is very easy to get a new eBay account if you get banned.

In my post earlier about the websites` info is his address and phone number...hint, hint!

 

[hulka]

Just my 2 cents but his name "fuzzalert" sound like a crook to me.