Re: Copyright statement

The message <017ab47a$0$25664$c3e8da3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
from JonG <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> contains
these words:

Now, is it me, or does this part of a websites statement pretty-much
forbid you from opening the site in a browser without getting their
permission first?:


Well, they're very prompt at replying. With this.

Hello

In legal terms reading a website is not considered a 'use' of the
information but is considered to be accessing or processing the information.
Reading information and then using different words is allowed since the
information is absorbed and processed into another form.

The statement refers to copying word for word any part of the site or to
copying images and using them elsewhere - another website, printed material,
broadcast etc.

When prohibiting downloading to cache this does not refer to a browser's
cache but to a server cache. Many large organizations especially schools and
colleges download entire sites to their servers in order that their network
may use the site offline. This is not allowed because it uses a huge amount
of bandwidth which is expensive and can cause overload of the site and our
own servers to crash.

Regards

Customer Services
History on the Net
www.historyonthenet.com

Which to me sounds like a load of old bollocks.

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