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>This update issue is beginning to annoy me. People occasionally ask if
>they can put up copies of my stuff, and from time to time I become aware
>that a lot more people are doing it without asking, and I've always taken
>the attitude that once I've put something up in public I can't control
>what happens, so why not just be cheerful about it ? But I wonder what
>it's all about, really. People seem to think they're doing "the Web" a
>service by making more copies available. Mirrors are good, yes, but a
>5-year-old file with no clue as to where it came from, it seems to me, is
>likely to head people off from any updated version. Which isn't too
>helpful.
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>I suppose what's bugging me is that, prompted by discussion here, the most
>recent update of my "Tunebook" (last autumn) included hrefs to the source
>site in every tune, so I'm noticing how many copies there are of previous
>versions, which don't include that. The cost of not getting it right first
>time :-/
>
>--
>Richard Robinson
>"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
A lot of people, when asked about mirroring their sites, will have
the requester put a link to the original site (sometimes with a
graphic or button) stating that because of frequent updates a link is
preferable. They also request the same from a mirror site if they
find the site is mirroring without asking. Might be worth a try.
Mickey
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Mickey E. Sadler, Dublin, Ohio
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