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Magnetic or optical caches on disk are just a backup for my memory. It is not a lapse to remember information past the point that someone wishes you to remember their published information and is also not a lapse to remember this with the aid of a recording of it either.

Just because I kept a copy of my hard drive, CD, printout, or in some hand written notes doesn't mean I'm obligated under any ethical system I'm aware of to destroy them just because my original source stopped publishing. The copyright holder's wishes are irrelevant.

In reply to Re^4: [OT] Ethical and Legal Screen Scraping by diotalevi
in thread [OT] Ethical and Legal Screen Scraping by eyepopslikeamosquito

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