Originally Posted by
lwildernorva
Welcome to the problem that the New York Times, Sony Music, and Time-Warner video have faced for years--who owns the information? Once it's published on a public website, what's to stop an information aggregator (in the current state of things, The Points Guy, View from the Wing, Frugal Travel Guy, Mommy Points--but who's to say in the future, it won't be Google itself?) from disseminating the information? Nothing. I mean, the irony of folks who have benefited from information they've learned on the internet complaining about many others learning about the same information, but just from other sources on the internet, is mind blowing.
Exactly. FlyerTalk doesn't "own the rights" to the deals that get posted here. The deals are public information, they could be posted on blogs, in newspapers, announced on TV news, posted on flyers in hallways, etc. No reason why an FTer should feel more entitled to a deal than anyone else on or off the Internet.
I sense some entitlement, selfishness, and sense of superiority in OP's post.