andrel wrote:
> It is a way to look at it, but I think experience teaches that 
> everything that was once on the net has a big chance of still being 
> somewhere. 

I've been rather surprised that some of my way-early code posts to netnews 
are still floating around in archives somewhere. Almost embarrassing. :-)

> Besides if there is a copyright notice one could also add 
> what is allowed to do with it and what not.

You could certainly try. In the USA (last I seriously studied it), copyright 
only gives you control over copying, not over how it gets used. *And* even 
that is limited in many ways.

> Never been there at all, but I can image the sort of place ;)

It has been in the news regularly, yes. And note that it doesn't actually 
host any copyrighted materials. :-)

But certainly, you can take an absolute moral stance and refuse to look at 
anything you aren't sure the copyright holder specifically authorized, if 
you want.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   The NFL should go international. I'd pay to
   see the Detroit Lions vs the Roman Catholics.

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