I wasn’t the one who downvoted the comment (and it appears to be at +4 karma anyway), but it might be because you were confidently asserting a claim without providing evidence. You previously made this claim six months ago, and Charles supplied some evidence to suggest you were mistaken. Given that you didn’t reply the last time someone posted some contradictory evidence, but continued to make essentially the same claim, it is pretty understandable people might not appreciate your demanding evidence again.
(I don’t have a strong view on who is correct on the legal question).
Thanks for the reply Larks, that gives a helpful perspective for why people might have downvoted.
The link that was previously provided was about copying message board posts to another message board, as part of a “roundup” of interesting posts, and whether an individual might be sued for that.
It’s quite a different context in my view from an organisation re-publishing an entire article that someone’s written, when they’ve expressly asked for it not to be.
I don’t think I could win damages from Nonlinear, nor would I seek to, but I do think I would have a very good case for compelling them to take down my posts (which thankfully they’ve done voluntarily).
I wasn’t the one who downvoted the comment (and it appears to be at +4 karma anyway), but it might be because you were confidently asserting a claim without providing evidence. You previously made this claim six months ago, and Charles supplied some evidence to suggest you were mistaken. Given that you didn’t reply the last time someone posted some contradictory evidence, but continued to make essentially the same claim, it is pretty understandable people might not appreciate your demanding evidence again.
(I don’t have a strong view on who is correct on the legal question).
Thanks for the reply Larks, that gives a helpful perspective for why people might have downvoted.
The link that was previously provided was about copying message board posts to another message board, as part of a “roundup” of interesting posts, and whether an individual might be sued for that.
It’s quite a different context in my view from an organisation re-publishing an entire article that someone’s written, when they’ve expressly asked for it not to be.
I don’t think I could win damages from Nonlinear, nor would I seek to, but I do think I would have a very good case for compelling them to take down my posts (which thankfully they’ve done voluntarily).
This was the link that was previously referenced: https://librarycopyright.net/forum/view/114