Cached by Google

[Richmond Mathewson]

Mark Talluto wrote:

"Too late.  It has been cached by Google.  That is how
I read the letter long after it had been taken down."

I really wonder what right Google have to do this;
after all, the internet does not belong to them. 

If I write a letter (you know, one of those things on
paper shoved in an envelope) to my mother I would
suppose the intellectual property rights to it are
shared between mother and myself at the most - and at
the least, only to me.

However, I don't see how I could prevent mother from
showing the letter to other people; either by
bellowing at her down the telephone, or by legal
means.

None of the messages that are posted to the RR
Use-list are addressed to Google.

Now I know that "sunny-Jim" posted his message into
what might be deemed a "public space" - i.e. a website
of his. I presume that as the website was his the
contents were his - and as such Google have, by
caching his website, committed theft.

This makes all sorts of things look farcical as
Google, amongst others, is leading a big "thing"
against theft of intellectual property, "pirating" of
software, and so forth.

It would seem that some speak with forked tongues.

Now - let Google cache this!

sincerely, Richmond Mathewson

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