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Taylor, can you explain to me what the problem is with e.g. Google caching your website for rapid display on the web? My view on the web is that if someone puts a site up, then it is there for all to see. (If one puts a site up on an intranet, then that is a private matter). So the site is up and a search engine comes across it, (maybe caches it) and when someone does a search the engine shows a list of sites meeting the criteria searched for. The search engine displays advertising alongside the query answers. Why is this a problem, and why should it offend web users? To me, the search engine has performed a valuable service. The point in being on the web is to shine your light, not to hide it under a bushel - or so it seems to me.
If I put a site up on the web, it is like putting up a sign on open ground (commonage in some jurisdictions). It is there for all to see. I can hardly complain if someone makes a directory so that enquirers better know what I am displaying or advertising. In fact, I should be happy that someone is disseminating the information I put up for dissemination. You apparently feel otherwise, please explain why.
I appreciate if I put something up protected by the much maligned DRM or a derivation thereof, then I am saying "hands off - this is mine, pay me before you use it".
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