Is a direct link a link that takes you to the page that links to the file?  Why
is this undesirable?
Brendan Ryan

Rune wrote:

> A while ago I found a POV-Ray related website with link to various
> resources. I saw that there was linked to the pages containing the
> resources, but there was also linked directly to the resources, which is not
> generally accepted on the net, when permission is not granted.
>
> The page is at:
>
> http://www.crosswinds.net/~teammbs/vault.html
>
> 20 days ago I wrote an e-mail to him, telling him what's wrong, and asking
> him (politely I think) to remove the direct links. I didn't get a reply, and
> the page remained the same.
>
> 5 days later I asked him the same again, and said that if he needed some
> time to change the page I wouldn't mind, but I would at least like to hear
> from him. Still nothing happened.
>
> So what can I do now? I don't like him linking directly to my resources, and
> I'm sure many other feel the same.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Rune
>
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