No. But I do have some other photos scattered around the web.
Paul
Kenneth Waller wrote:
>
> So I guess the question is, do all the pdml'ers who have their photos on the
> lycos photocenter, also have their own web site?.
> Ken Waller
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Pentax Discuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 12:38 AM
> Subject: Fw: Lycos Photocenter (KMM6850779C0KM)
>
> > I send this as testament to what a bunch of creeps Lycos is.
> > Bill
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "william robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: Lycos Photocenter (KMM6850779C0KM)
> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Thank you for writing to Lycos.
> > >
> > > Lycos maintains a catalog of Internet sites, analogous to the
> > white
> > > pages of a phone book. We provide this catalog to the public
> > as a free
> > > information service and research tool. Due to the size and
> > nature of
> > > our catalog, it's not possible for us to remove individual
> > results. As
> > > with any Web search, Lycos claims no right to these files and
> > directs
> > > our users to contact the administrator of the Web site in
> > question for
> > > more information on the use of copyrighted photographs.
> > >
> > > The Lycos Multimedia Search engine employs spiders that scour
> > the
> > > internet for rich media content, much like a regular search
> > engine
> > > would. My understanding is that because we are not publishing
> > your
> > > photos, rather we link off to your site, this is not an
> > illegal
> > > practice. You can find more information at:
> > >
> > > http://www.lycos.com/lycosinc/legal.html
> > >
> > > To prohibit spiders from any server from accessing your site,
> > you must
> > > make use of the robots.txt standard. What is robots.txt? This
> > small text
> > > file is like a traffic cop that tells our software which parts
> > of your
> > > site can be examined and indexed. Ask your Web hosting company
> > if your
> > > site already employs this file. If not, it is a fairly simple
> > matter to
> > > create your own robots.txt file.
> > >
> > > You will find further information about robots.txt files at
> > the
> > > following sites.
> > >
> > > http://www.lycos.com/help/robots.html
> > >
> > > http://www.kollar.com/robots.html
> > >
> > > You may also wish to read the following article regarding an
> > image
> > > copyright case:
> > >
> > >
> > > Ditto.com wins image copyright case
> > > Ruling may have sweeping implications for search engines
> > > By Elliot Zaret <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MSNBC
> > >
> > > SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17 - In a case that may have sweeping
> > implications
> > > for search engines of all kinds, a federal judge in California
> > has ruled
> > > that a "visual search engine" did not violate copyright laws
> > by
> > > collecting thumbnail images of photographs from the Web and
> > displaying
> > > them on its site. The necessity of searching the Internet
> > outweighed any
> > > other factor in determining whether a copyright was violated,
> > the judge
> > > said.
> > >
> > > IN JANUARY, a California photographer sued Ditto.com
> > > <http://www.ditto.com>, then known as the Arriba Vista Image
> > Searcher,
> > > for violating her copyright by collecting and displaying 35 of
> > her
> > > copyrighted images on its site as search results. The Ditto
> > search
> > > engine works by "spidering" the Web - having a computer
> > program collect
> > > some two million images from any site on the Internet it can
> > find them -
> > > then shrinking each image down to a thumbnail image that is
> > displayed in
> > > the search result. The photographer argued that an image is an
> > image and
> > > displaying her copyrighted photographs without her
> > permission - and
> > > making money in the process - was effectively stealing. The
> > U.S.
> > > District Court judge in Santa Ana, Calif. ruled that Ditto
> > wasn't
> > > stealing the images. But the 15-page decision, handed down
> > late
> > > Thursday, was somewhat more complicated - with the judge
> > effectively
> > > giving a split decision on many of the relevant issues.
> > However the
> > > judge said that the crucial role search engines serve for
> > users of the
> > > Internet outweighs the other factors and makes Ditto's
> > thumbnails "fair
> > > use" of the images. "(The photographer's) images were swept up
> > along
> > > with two million others available on the Internet, as part of
> > (Ditto's)
> > > efforts to provide its users with a better way to find images
> > on the
> > > Internet," wrote the judge. "(Ditto's) purposes were and are
> > inherently
> > > transformative, even if its realization of those purposes was
> > at times
> > > imperfect. Where, as here, a new use and new technology are
> > evolving,
> > > the broad transformative purpose of the use weighs more
> > heavily than the
> > > inevitable flaws in its early stages of development." The
> > judge also
> > > said that thumbnails themselves - though an exact replica of
> > the
> > > original photos - had to be considered different from the
> > originals
> > > because they served an entirely different purpose. "The
> > character of the
> > > thumbnail index is not esthetic, but functional; it's purpose
> > is not to
> > > be artistic, but to be comprehensive," the judge wrote.
> > Ditto.com's
> > > attorney Judy Jennison, who heads the Silicon Valley
> > Intellectual
> > > Property Litigation Practice of Perkins Coie, said the
> > decision
> > > validates the importance of navigation tools like search
> > engines on the
> > > Internet. "Generally speaking, the court has realized that the
> > Internet
> > > is important to all of us, and helping people navigate the
> > Internet is
> > > an important thing," said Jennison. "It's clearly the right
> > decision for
> > > the Internet."
> > >
> > > SWEEPING RAMIFICATIONS?
> > >
> > > Rich Gray, an intellectual property attorney and founding
> > partner of
> > > Outside General Counsel Silicon Valley, said the case may have
> > sweeping
> > > ramifications for the industry. "It's very pro-fair use in the
> > Internet
> > > context, which has implications in all kinds of things ranging
> > from
> > > search engines to deep linking to framing," Gray said. For
> > instance, the
> > > case seems to support the right of a music search engine to
> > play clips
> > > of songs sold on MP3 sites, Gray said. And the case may come
> > into play
> > > in a case filed this week by online auction giant eBay, which
> > claimed
> > > that Bidder's Edge effectively stole eBay information by
> > searching eBay
> > > listings with its auction search engine. However Gray warned
> > that it's
> > > only one ruling in the nascent field of law and cyberspace -
> > and until
> > > more cases are decided, every case will be looked at
> > differently. "It
> > > wouldn't shock me if a similar case was brought in a different
> > district
> > > court and a different result happened," Gray said. "This could
> > have gone
> > > either way."
> > >
> > >
> > > Farah
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > Original message follows:
> > > -------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > Message from WilliamRobb:
> > > The following URL is in violation of copyright
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.multimedia.lycos.com/default.asp?component=MorePictur
> > es&query
> > > =william+robb&ff=0
> > > and
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.multimedia.lycos.com/default.asp?query=william+robb&f
> > irst=10&
> > > component=MorePictures&ff=0
> > >
> > > Remove my images from your site immediately.
> > > William Robb
> > > ID :
> > > ( PARTNER ) :
> > > ( PTNR ) :
> > > Platform : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
> > > RE :
> > >
> > http://www.multimedia.lycos.com/default.asp?component=MorePictur
> > es&query
> > > =william+robb&ff=0
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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