I don't know if bringing the law into it will do any good or not, but what about fighting software with software? I'm not really familiar with this sort of content grabbing but maybe someone who knows more about it has an idea of how we can make the mailing lists less palatable? Is there something that could be done in the configuration that would screw up their system without making it impossible to use for legitimate users?
Michelle
On 5/10/2007 9:00:44 AM, blogdiva@culturekitchen.com wrote:
Yeah, I call it stealing, impersonation and ad gouging.
Why do they not only have to replicate the email list in its entirety but go out of their way to use my email address in order to create a false account in their "service" --an account I can't delete or disable?
And all the while running GoogleAds on every single frigging page?
Impersonation is illegal in the United States, but how to deal with something like that with a company that is looking for the added attention and traffic to begin with?
BTW : At no point here at Drupal was it stated anywhere on the mailing lists that they would be completely open for anybody to do whatever they want with the content ALONG WITH our email addresses.
It would have been nice to know 2 years ago that this was the case with Drupal's mailing lists. Could a disclaimer be set on the footer of all future emails and on all mailing lists?
/ liza