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rwaltermyer
Nov 12, 2001, 11:44 PM
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I'm a beta hunter myself and I'm always trying to compile the MOST complete beta ALL in the same place.
One of my frustrations is finding awesome beta posted on someone elses site. It is tempting to hit COPY, PASTE. But of course, thats not right, matter of fact, Illegal.
I've emailed such sites and asked them to consider submitting their knowledge to RC.com. Unfortunately, its comparably to the small business man vs. Walmart.
Why would the webmaster of his small personal site, submit his unique specific beta to the big boy of the Web (RC.com) Don't get me wrong, I simply post the area (if its not listed already) and then say "Check out this awesome guide at...."
Is there any better solution, such as having a cooperative agreement or something, so that we could gather all the beta out there in one complete guide for the sake of the searching climber?
Understandably, we have our competiton. Rocklist.com and Climbingsource.com, but atleast in PA's case, I'm proud to say that RC.com hosts the best, most complete guide for PA climbing on the web. I'm just trying to make that better yet. Thoughts?
God Bless
Randy
[ This Message was edited by: rwaltermyer on 2001-11-12 15:46 ]
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rrrADAM
Nov 13, 2001, 12:03 AM
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If it's posted on the Internet it is then public. I, personally, see nothing wrong with using it as a resource to add to the RC.com DBase. I would however omit any personal discriptions of the climb. The author's of such sites most likely got their information from published material, copied it, then added their own 'spice'. I'd leave out the spice. Let future climbers come back and add their own spice.
rrrADAM
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pianomahnn
Nov 13, 2001, 1:01 AM
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It may be public information, but that doesn't mean it can be copied at will. It is the same as books. Websites may have certain copyright rules regarding information found on their site.
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offwidthclimber
Nov 13, 2001, 1:55 AM
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well said pianomahnn. i work as a copy writer and web designer and can definately vouch for the fact that material on the web is not free-range.
i see no reason why the "little guy" shouldn't contribute. Then again, they're not obligated.
I'm working on a rebuild of my personal site and as soon as the online guides are completed, i'll be devoting a couple nights and a couple six packs to putting all the problems up on rc.com.
cheers.
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pianomahnn
Nov 13, 2001, 2:55 AM
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I thank you in advance for whatever route inputting you may do.
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rwaltermyer
Nov 13, 2001, 3:25 AM
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Thanks for the advise, guys!
I thought this would bring some interesting discussion
God Bless
Randy
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