The following is off the Pentax list:
-Warren
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for writing to Lycos.
>
> Lycos maintains a catalog of Internet sites, analogous to the white
> pages of a phone book. We provide this catalog to the public as a free
> information service and research tool. Due to the size and nature of
> our catalog, it's not possible for us to remove individual results. As
> with any Web search, Lycos claims no right to these files and directs
> our users to contact the administrator of the Web site in question for
> more information on the use of copyrighted photographs.
>
> The Lycos Multimedia Search engine employs spiders that scour the
> internet for rich media content, much like a regular search engine
> would. My understanding is that because we are not publishing your
> photos, rather we link off to your site, this is not an illegal
> practice. You can find more information at:
>
> http://www.lycos.com/lycosinc/legal.html
>
> To prohibit spiders from any server from accessing your site, you must
> make use of the robots.txt standard. What is robots.txt? This small text
> file is like a traffic cop that tells our software which parts of your
> site can be examined and indexed. Ask your Web hosting company if your
> site already employs this file. If not, it is a fairly simple matter to
> create your own robots.txt file.
>
> You will find further information about robots.txt files at the
> following sites.
>
> http://www.lycos.com/help/robots.html
>
> http://www.kollar.com/robots.html
>
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