> What are most of your policies regarding other people charging for your
> FAQs? In my case, I just came across http://www.fleshcanvas.com/main.htm,
> which is an ezine that has a subscription fee of $9.95 for three months
> (steep in my book).
Steep indeed!
> One of the links available (to subscribers only) from the main page is
> the following:
>
> >The Source - Where to get the answers.
> >rec.arts.bodyart - FAQs; Q & A forum;
> >montly [sic] informational interviews and
> >events calendar.
>
> [Yikes--I wouldn't wanna be seeing typos like that for a paid
> subscription...]
>
> Since I'm not a subscriber, I can't tell if it's just another page with
> links to my FAQs, but I assume so since it says rec.arts.bodyart - FAQs.
> I have a pretty longish copyright notice at the front of each FAQ section
> (available here if you wanna keep scrolling).
I would ask the site manager what the deal is. I think it is just polite
(netiquette IMHO) to be informed when people either archive or link to
your FAQ.
[snip]
> While you are allowed individual copies of the FAQ, that does NOT mean
> my FAQ is in the public domain. To quote Jeffrey Knapp, "Lately,
> spaghetti publishers have taken to exploiting FAQs and lists, often
> publishing them without obtaining written permission. This is an abuse
> of copyright laws, and threatens the continued viability of the FAQ
> system which benefits us all."
Wow! I'm famous! :-)
Actually, a truer attribution would be to Bernard Aboba since it was from
*his* copyright notice that I cribbed mine (with permission of course!)
Jeff
Jeff Knapp
director@gti.net
FAQKeeper, Moderator, Bon Vivant
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