Who’s Your Ethical Daddy?
Doc-Dean, a Today’s Cacher lackey, shared the following:
There’s a cache near the mall by CCCAgency, I forget the name. Its a multi and once you solve the first part it gives you the final coordinates which are way on the other side of town. If you email her and let her know you are transportation deficient she will let you get credit for finding for the first part. Ain’t she a sweetie!
There are three things about this post I find interesting. First, this highlights that smileys are important enough not to complete the task of finding the cache. This is information shared ahead of time (prior to leaving for a vacation) to plan not to complete a cache, yet to ensure securing a smiley. I just do not understand that mentality.
Second, why is a prominent member of the community sharing how to get to caches? The entire thread discusses how to get to caches. Isn’t the fun of the game searching for the cache? If informing one not to cross the water hazard prior to ever seeking the cache was warranted, then the cache owner would state it on the cache page.
Yes, we have all been stumped on a cache and sought additional information. That is not what this is about. This is about sharing information about approaches before one ever attempts the cache. This escapes me . . .
Third, if this information is accurate, why would a cache owner grant such permission? In a different thread, ol’ Doc Dean states:
You can get the whole state in a series of ten (?) pocket queries. PM to IceCreamMan to get the links to his PQs.
Yet, the Groundspeak Waypoint License Agreement states:
Licensee shall not sell, rent, lease, sublicense, lend, assign, time-share, or transfer, in whole or in part, or provide unlicensed third parties access to the Data, Related Materials, any updates, or Licensee’s rights under this Agreement.
Why is the Florida Caching group sharing data like this? On a more local caching site, docdesi writes:
if anyone wants the coin number ..it is [edited by me]
Then there is the Free Icons thread. This entire thread is about sharing numbers so folks can log geocoins they have not taken possession of let alone find them in a cache.
It appears the fascination with collecting icons has compromised the integrity of finding items. While it is fine to collect coins, shouldn’t one actually have to have the coin in his possession to say it is in his collection? Way back when I collected baseball cards. I never claimed to have a card because someone told me he had it.
It is interesting to note the prominence of many who are involved in these actions. Being a ghost looks better and better . . .
Also blogged on this date . . .
- Duplicate - 2007
- Corzine Gets One Right - 2006
- OK Einstein's E=Mc2 !!! - 2005
- Ratdog - 1999
Tags: ethics, Geocaching, GPS Games