Everything on the net is a reprint

I don't get this. Why post anything online if you don't want other people
to run with it?

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I've just removed Martin Schwimmerfrom my subscription list. Why? Because
he doesn't want his posts reprinted in Bloglines (and, I assume, in sites
like my link site).

The real trick here is: if you don't want your full posts reprinted
somewhere else, don't put them into RSS. That's one reason most commercial
sites don't include full content in their feeds.

I don't mind that Bloglines reprints my content and I don't mind that
anyone using an RSS News Aggregator looks at my content without seeing my
design or my navigation links or my email address or cell phone number.

If I did care, I'd switch my RSS feeds to only shove out partial content,
or I'd delete my RSS feed altogether.