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Old 12-08-2003, 04:21 PM  
mryellow
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Turn the clock back a bit.

When thumb TGPs came out a lot of people weren't sure about it.
Many webmasters thought it was a great idea but didn't want to
put other peoples thumbs on their site for possible legal reasons.

When the courts cleared this up and said thumbs are in-fact "fair
use" we all jumped in because we now know that this style of
linking is in fact quite legal.

I really can't see skimming affecting "fair use" especially since on
pretty much every TGP the majority of traffic is sent to the thumbs
source gallery.

Seems everyone agrees that APIC has their head up their ass.

I don't see content providers complaining however if individual
content producers want to chase webmasters (their customers)
that's alright with me, they can do that, I'll just take note and
make sure I never buy from them.

Anyone that tries to put the genie back in the bottle needs their
head examined. Thumb TGPs aren't illegal....

-Ben
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