Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[Michael S Czeiszperger <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>]

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On Monday 25 June 2001 12:44 pm, you wrote:
> Hmmm.  What about people who choose to have a certain set of smart tags
> enabled?  Users can control which smart tag handlers are enabled or
> disabled (any or none).
>
> IMHO, I (as a web developer) wouldn't want to force my opinions on users
> by disabling smart tags via meta tags.  Since I (as a user) choose which
> smart tag handlers to enable and disable, it would kinda irk me if web
> developers presumed I did not want to use my smart tags.
>

In my opinion smart tags are a copyright issue, not a user issue. While 
user's have control over some basic layout parameters such as font size, the 
copyright owner of a page has control over the actual text, and what that 
text links to. By modifying the content of an original work, Smart Tags 
violates the copyright of documents, and I fully expect MS to be sued over 
them, and rightfully so.

What's next, "Smart Banner Ads", where MS replaces the advertisements on a 
site with advertisements of its own?

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Michael S Czeiszperger
czei AT webperformanceinc.com

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