*** ADMIN: Links to pay sites -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: *** ADMIN: Links to pay sites
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:43:50 -0500
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Folks:

I'd like to ask everyone to try and avoid providing links to pay sites without providing any substance.

midrange.com's guiding principal is that information should be free ... and only providing a link to a pay site, without providing any substance, kind of defeats that purpose.

For sites that offer some free contents, and some pay content, it's really a judgment call. If the content you are linking to provides access to content for a period of time and then makes it pay, consider that when posting. If someone is looking for information after the content is no longer free, it defeats the purpose.

If you have any questions about this, please contact me privately.

Thanks!

david

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