The "old web" hasn't existed in 30 years now. I was a part of the old web and if people in the early 90s knew that someone was profiting off their work it would have killed it immediately.
Everything that I published in this way was placed online with the distinct expectation that everyone (and everything) would do whatever they wanted with it.
Everything that I published in this way was placed online with the distinct expectation that everyone (and everything) would do whatever they wanted with it.