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Originally Posted by JanG
I think it's more like, I don't mind if my kids hang out with friends after school, in fact I like the fact they have friends to do that with. But I'd like a phone call saying they're doing that.
So I'm a control freak? Yeah, probably.
I just wanted to know if anyone knew anything about the site. I'm sorry I caused any controversy.
--JanG.
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I think your reaction is totally understandable.
The thing about sites like Scribd (and Youtube, and *most* sites like it) is that they work "backwards" from what some people expect. Rather than being edited/controlled/monitored before making content published/made public, content is edited/controlled/monitored *after* they are made public, and usually only *after* someone actually complains.
Scribd is moving rapidly from a rather free-for-all dropbox for all things text, to an actual publishing model-it will be interesting to see how they deal with copyright/infringement/piracy as they move forward.