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Originally Posted by Mike AA
So are you saying all of us whom supplied mirrors during the first few weeks to help leviate burden to FIRST's servers and help in the speed of accessing should remove all files?
I find it handy as I can access the files all in one place and dont have to click through 10 links to find what I want.
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Here we go again... (we seem to go through this discussion every year. See
this thread and
this post for prior examples)
Yes. If you have placed copyrighted materials on your web site, and you did not request and receive permission from the copyright holder prior to doing so, then you are breaking the law. It does not matter how helpful establishing the mirror site is supposed to be, or what the intended purpose may be. An illegal act, no matter how well intentioned, is still an illegal act.
Look, nobody is trying to be exceptionally pedantic about this. FIRST is not likely to jump all over you and call the police just because you set up a mirror site. But part of our purpose here is to set an example for the teams of professional behavior. Part of being a professional includes a respect for the law - including copyright law. Plus, it is a simple matter of courtesy to ask someone that has developed such materials if they mind if you copy their materials to your site. Doing so, in addition to avoiding a copyright violation, is an act of respect for the efforts of the authors and just plain good manners.
-dave