Micro$soft smart tags.

jaguar · 06-08-2001, 01:57 AM

Tony, i saw your message linked to this slashdot article
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/07/1252227
About 5 minutes ago.
THe article is about atechnology which is going to be in IE6 that adds *smart tags* to webpages without the authors permission that add links based on words to various sites, no doubt these sites will pay a premium to microsoft for this. I have to question the morality/legality of modifying copyrighted content in *any* way without the authors opinion, what do you lot think? They will eb able to be disabled but still......As the author of ocelet.hypermart.net the idea of microsft, a compnay i despise shoving its paid for links all over my content shits me up the wall.....

06-08-2001, 01:57 AM	#1
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Tony, i saw your message linked to this slashdot article http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/07/1252227 About 5 minutes ago. THe article is about atechnology which is going to be in IE6 that adds smart tags to webpages without the authors permission that add links based on words to various sites, no doubt these sites will pay a premium to microsoft for this. I have to question the morality/legality of modifying copyrighted content in any way without the authors opinion, what do you lot think? They will eb able to be disabled but still......As the author of ocelet.hypermart.net the idea of microsft, a compnay i despise shoving its paid for links all over my content shits me up the wall..... __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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