Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Web property rights
For the last three days or so, my main website was down; Freeservers apparently missed sending the annual order to preserve the domain name, so the domain was replaced by one of those generic domain-parking webpages. My website holds all of Polistra's cartoons, and my Poser offerings as well.
Though my actual physical house is all paid for and secure, the web is where I do most of my living and all of my entertaining. When you're suddenly evicted from your web home, it's disconcerting and leaves an empty feeling, aside from the loss of un-backed-up work.
At any rate, after some negotiating, I got the service restored. Back home!
Seems we need more formalized property rights or tenant rights on the web: a firm requirement that web servers must maintain your home as long as you pay for it. ¶ 9:21 AM
Though my actual physical house is all paid for and secure, the web is where I do most of my living and all of my entertaining. When you're suddenly evicted from your web home, it's disconcerting and leaves an empty feeling, aside from the loss of un-backed-up work.
At any rate, after some negotiating, I got the service restored. Back home!
Seems we need more formalized property rights or tenant rights on the web: a firm requirement that web servers must maintain your home as long as you pay for it. ¶ 9:21 AM
