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WaPo v. Gawker: Battle in the Blogs

The Washington Post took on Gawker for alleged copyright infringement this week in a battle of the blogs. Here’s why the Post writer was wrong – and why the debate itself is just a mere sideshow to the real problems for newspapers online. [...]

The myth of the “free ride”

David Marburger is pushing the idea that aggregating sites are pushing newspapers out of business with cut-rate advertising. The entire argument is based in several falsities and we should just stop giving this guy face time. [...]

Stealing is wrong, so is a quest to own facts

My opposition is not to tough copyright law, it’s directed at big news media trying to legally change the online marketplace to benefit themselves (and not content providers as a whole). [...]

AP ignores Fair Use, treads into copyright debate

The AP has waded into the online copyright debate with the launch of their new microformat system. Their president has also made alarming claims about the use of their content that leads this writer to believe they don’t know much about Fair Use. [...]