On 10/15/99, Melissa Belvadi <silvest[_at_]maryville.edu> wrote:
>
> I think a lot of people responding to this don't quite understand the
> unique characteristics of Usenet postings (which is what Deja News
> collects). Usenet has no home, no original host. It propogates in
> an extremely anarchistic fashion.
>
> Deja News itself has simply chosen to collect this bizarre stream
> onto its own site.
That's not quite true. Deja News collected a listserv I subscribed to because several educational organizations put the postings on a news server as a courtesy to the educators of the organization (to save mailbox space). Deja News then rebroadcast the listserv postings, which were then picked off and reprinted by several national magazines and used by vendors in marketing campaigns to disparage competitors.
The original posters felt that their remarks were intended for the list alone, and had no knowledge that Deja News was harvesting the listserv posts without their consent.
Carol Simpson, Ed.D.
University of North Texas School of Library & Information Sciences
Denton, Texas
csimpson[_at_]lis.admin.unt.edu
940-565-2445 (voice)
940-565-3101 (fax)
Received on Sat Oct 16 1999 - 22:17:10 GMT
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