[TheForge] why are people be being required to pay obscene USD to download blacksmithing articles?

[Andrew Vida]

I agree it is all poo, but it is well within their right to charge 
whatever they please.  If there is some numb but willing to shell out 
$119 to subscribe to a service that provides public information, then 
good for those who can reel 'em in. I will not, however, be one of them. :)

On 6/25/2012 8:11 PM, Ben Barrett wrote:
> I agree that this docstoc site deserves a servere anti-promotion,
> but I thought private services were in fact free to (allowed to) charge
> service fees for the service they provide... then their advertising
> promotes their content more-so than the good and valid free public-domain
> sources.  Free as in speech, not free as in beer.
> I see that same semi-abuse in for-pay mobile apps that repackage free
> content into a "new mobile format", and I think that the best we can do
> within our subject area is to avidly promote all the good and free sources
> among our chapters, regional site's archives, increase cross-site links,
> etc.
> Maybe some regional and local orgs can help each other with optimizing web
> content for modern search engine standards (it has changed since the 90's,
> haha), or ABANA itself could help gather such resources for the many
> webmasters and content creators among its membership.  I'm no SEO expert
> but I could help a bit or maybe 1/2 byte.  :)
>
> Ben
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 4:59 PM, terry l. ridder<terrylr at blauedonau.com>wrote:
>
>> hello;
>>
>> i decided to search for the peter ross abana 1998 speech and the google
>> search turned up a rather questionable site.
>>
>> i may actually have this speech squirreled away on a different computer
>> that i can get to at the moment.
>>
>> took a look at:
>>
>> http://www.docstoc.com/docs/27976206/New-Jersey-Blacksmiths-Newsletter
>>
>> MABA Newsletter Index - January
>> January 1998 to October 2009
>> http://www.docstoc.com/Docs/Document-Detail-14.aspx?doc_id=35700868
>>
>> New Jersey Blacksmith Association Application Form
>> http://www.docstoc.com/docs/107616050/New-Jersey-Blacksmith-Association
>>
>> i serious doubt all the above documents are in the public domain.
>>
>> i have serious issues with docstoc.com charging obscene membership fees
>> just to download any of these documents.
>>
>> <begin quote>
>> Get access to:Premium Documents
>> Select Your Plan
>> 12-Month Membership ($119.40 billed in full, once every twelve months)
>> $9.95/month was $28.50/month
>>   3-Month Membership ($44.85  billed in full, once every three months)
>> $14.95/month was $42.95/month
>>   Monthly Membership ($19.95  billed in full, once every month)
>>   $19.95/month was $56.95/month
>> <end   quote>
>>
>> i find this offensive to the original authors of the articles. to have
>> their work hijacked by this site for an obscene membership fee.
>>
>> --
>> terry l. ridder><>
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