Vintage Computer Web Site - may not be???

Curt at Atari Museum curt at atarimuseum.com
Wed May 4 22:20:11 CDT 2005


I didn't see the original msg, whats the URL for this Vintage Computer 
site...   I find my images and content from atarimuseum.com constantly 
commandeered by other sites and not so much as a simple text saying 
"stolen without permission"  ;-)


Curt



Cmurray wrote:

>It seems I may have jumped the gun here and complimented the site as a
>'find' when in fact it may not be that???
>Is information blinding us when sober thought produces knowledge and then
>'truth' emerges.
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>Message: 30
>Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 04:51:12 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com>
>Subject: Re: Vintage Computer Web Site -www.1000bit.net
>To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
>Message-ID: <200505041151.EAA09430 at floodgap.com>
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>>>>>>>>>What I found is that the site lifted photos from my site without
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>>>>>>>>>or telling me. But, at least they give links to the source pages!
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>>>>>I don't know for certain, but I believe the photos are uploaded by the
>>>>>users who register and create their database.  So I don't believe it's
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>>>>>site owners ripping your stuff without credit.
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>Actually, I think it is, at least for some of them (the contributor is
>"WebMaster"). The Commodore section has a couple of photos ripped off from
>Secret Weapons of Commodore, and they don't even link back. One example is
>the Commodore 232 entry, which even includes the same backplate photo Dan
>Benson permitted me to use, in the same dimensions I cropped it to, with
>the same serial number, as well as the rear ports image.
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>So. Calif., USA * ckaiser at floodgap.com -- I'm a dyslexic amateur
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