Does The Mainstream Press 'Make' or 'Own' The News?
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| In his recent post, Mike discussed how there is a two-way street between
| blogs and newspapers, in which both become aware of stories from each other,
| and both borrow ideas. Techdirt believes this is part of the free market for
| ideas, and that nobody can own news, but we contrast this belief with the
| mainstream media moguls, who rant about how bloggers "poach" the news from
| the newspapers, offering naught in return. There is a trend of major
| publishers talking about how they "own" the news they "made", even when they
| themselves are just reporting on stories that occurred to other people. If
| anyone made the news, isn't it the people involved? But news is really just
| facts, and nobody can "own" reality.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090708/1723035490.shtml
Recent:
The Myth Of Original Creators
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| It's nice to see more and more people recognizing and speaking out about
| these things. The idea that there is a single "author" or "creator" who
| deserves to get money any time anyone else builds upon his or her works is
| something that should be seen as increasingly ridiculous as people recognize
| that all works are created based on the works of others, and it's inherently
| silly to try to charge everyone to pay back each and every one of their
| influences in creating a new work.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090629/0230145396.shtml
Why Are Newspapers Exploiting The People They Cover?
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| When we recently wrote about yet another journalist complaining about how
| Google exploits their content, someone in the comments made a really salient
| point that should get wider exposure. If you go by the journalist's own
| logic, then the truth is that they are exploiting the newsmakers they cover.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090417/1544524544.shtml
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