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@Zsolt the big difference is in the skill levels. If you’re tech savvy enough to set up a webpage, you’re presumably tech savvy enough to understand that it’s public. Wheras lots of regular joes and even tech-incompetents are forced to use Zoom for their everyday lives, and making a zoom meeting “public” is as simple as forgetting to check a box you may or may not know exists.
Michael Rob...
The strongest version of this narrative frames WebinarTV.us as a transparent service operating within the bounds of public accessibility—akin to a search engine for open webinars. It highlights that hosts are notified and can opt out, reinforcing the idea that public content is fair game for indexing. However, the debate reveals deeper tensions about digital literacy and the erosion of privacy norms. The assumption that "public" equals "consensual for all uses" is contested, especially when auto...