At 11:32 AM 6/4/2001, Dwight wrote:
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IIRC, I talked about this in the newsgroup when Randy put it online, and I 
mentioned to Randy that many would take the stance that Dwight's vid 
actually shows a much better developed shot from a Pasquini Livia, with 
deeper, richer crema than the shot I produced with the Silvia (that was the 
vid that Randy was referencing, not my more recent vids of Livia-pulled 
shots). Something I didn't write but certainly thought was that Randy was 
still a newbie and didn't really have a clue as to what the crema grail was 
all about.
As with many alt.c messages, this one went without response, but I blamed 
it on being fairly deep into a thread.
However:
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This, Dwight, I have a major problem with. What you wrote above goes 
against the nature of what the WWW is all about. Randy does not *need* to 
ask you permission to simply reference your vid or web page, regardless of 
what some single-minded corporations may be trying to prove in current 
courts of laws. Nor does he need to ask permission to provide a link to 
your page. The world wide web exists because of the ability to hyperlink, 
and indeed hyperlinking is the core of the www and was always intended to be.
If Randy copied your words verbatim and did not give credit, or if he 
copied your vid and put it on his own site then you'd have valid arguments, 
and I'd be one of the first to stand up in your defence.
I have to say though, if you want to deny the ability to link to your 
website, and and deny the ability to write a discourse (no matter how much 
you may disagree with) about what they saw on your website, then you chose 
the wrong medium for putting your thoughts, opinions, and media into.
Mark  Prince
PS... here's a livia vid on my site: www.coffeekid.com/liviavid1.htm - tell 
me, is that pressure drop the same you experience?
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