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> you'd be surprised at how often people publish proprietary/private information, and then need to pull it down.

But once published, isn't such information already compromised for all practical purposes ?

I can understand the legal reason behind "pulling it down" (using someone else's IP, etc), but practically speaking the private information once published cannot really be "undone" (at best you can make it hard to find, and disassociate from yourself).

What you are saying makes sense, but you are taking on the entire copyright argument with this logic.

Let's say you accidentally published your name, address, and social security number.

If it is only up for 1 hour, the chances that anyone malicious sees it is low.

If it is there forever, the chances that someone malicious eventually sees it approaches 100%.

Licensing problems or other legal hassles are also foreseeable enough that you'd want to be ready for them.

I think description should be mandatory

homepage, too