[Relevant for all recent discussions on "linking without permission", as well as the usual childpornhysteriamongering.] [1]SIDEBAR [2]Newsbytes Advertising Missing Children Pix On Websites Overpopular ****Missing Children Pix On Websites Overpopular 09/02/97 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1997 AUG 29 (NB) -- By Bruce Miller. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) encourages the owners of Web sites to add a link that will bring up the picture of a different missing child every ten minutes. According to Ruben Rodriguez, Supervisor of the Exploited Child Unit, the Center is getting 70 to 80 requests a day for information to create the link. Some sites, however, have taken the initiative themselves, including pornographic Web sites. "This is the kiss of death for us," said Rodriguez. "We want the public to help us find missing and exploited children. The Internet public is coming to us to display our banner on our sites. Unfortunately, there are some locations on the Internet that are inappropriate." One popular porn site proclaims on its home page that, "This Site Cares About Our Young Children! Please Take A Few Seconds To Look At The Pictures Of The Missing Children!! Every Ten Minutes When You Reload A Different Child's Picture Appears! If We Can Save Just ONE! Then Wouldn't That Be Worth It?" That particular site, said Rodriguez, will get a cease and desist letter from the Center's chief legal counsel. The popularity of linking to the rotating banner has added to another problem: load capacity on the Web server hosting the Center. With a million hits a day presently, and growing, the Center is looking around for a new site with greater capacity to eliminate congestion. For information about signing up with the banner program, send e-mail to banner@ncmec.com. Be patient, the popularity has put the staff a bit behind in responding. NCMEC's Web site is at [3]http://www.missingkids.com ; mirror site [4]http://www.missingkids.org . (19970902/Reported by Newsbytes News Network [5]http://www.newsbytes.com /EXKIDS/PHOTO) "The Pulse of the Information Age" Newsbytes News Network [6]http://www.newsbytes.com 24-hour computer, telecom and online news [7]Copyright ©Newsbytes News Network. All rightsreserved. For more Newsbytes see http://www.newsbytes.com. [8]Home | [9]Daily | [10]Weekly | [11]Publishers | [12]Search References 1. http://www.newsbytes.com/menus/navbar.map 2. http://www.newsbytes.com/OAS/rm/try-it.cgi/www.newsbytes.com/home.html 3. http://www.missingkids.com/ 4. http://www.missingkids.org/ 5. http://www.newsbytes.com/ 6. http://www.newsbytes.com/ 7. http://www.nbnn.com/copyrght.html 8. http://www.nbnn.com/home.html 9. http://www.nbnn.com/news/s_daily.html 10. http://www.nbnn.com/news/s_week.html 11. http://www.nbnn.com/publishers/publi_1.html 12. http://www.nbnn.com/html_p/search.html