Re: FN-FORUM: Flash vs HTML/Javascript

date posted 28th January 2006 22:11

On Saturday 28 Jan 2006 9:51 pm, getyoursnackon wrote:
> Dom Latter wrote:
> > On Saturday 28 Jan 2006 6:00 pm, MIKE wrote:
> >> application in flash for example, but I would use some flash if I wa=
s
> >> creating a site for some techno/rock band that wanted something
> >> different.
> >
> > And then you end up p*ssing off somebody else that is trying to pull
> > some text and images off the site in order to publicise a gig on a
> > venue's website... BTDTGTTS.
>
> you'd piss people off that are *stealing* your content? what a shame

I was wondering how long that would take... even on a Saturday evening.

It is faster to copy and paste an appropriate quote from a band's site=20
than it is to type it in again. (Said quotes often being copyright someo=
ne=20
else again, anyway, e.g. a newspaper, but used quite legitimately in UK=20
copyright law under the "fair dealing" exception).

As for images, okay mate, you've got me bang to rights, I used to *steal*
images off a band's website, resize them and then use them to promote
the band's gig on the listings page. The bands with Flash-only websites
were at a distinct disadvantage when it came to getting a good write-up
on the listings page.