Tighter copyright law could save newspapers: Connie Schultz

cleveland.com - 6/29/2009

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A recent series of investigative stories in our newspaper illustrated the best that journalism has to offer, which is why so many in our industry responded with mixed emotions. My colleague Mark Puente unearthed a festering scandal at the Cuyahoga...

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Memo to World: Please Aggregate Technologizer
Technologizer — ... The media business continues to be a place where people keep asking a very good question–”How can we preserve investigative journalism and other pricey, important enterprises?”–and providing truly terrible answers. One current example: Connie Schultz of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, who is advocating for tighter copyright laws that would prevent news aggregation sites from summarizing newspapers’ stories for 24 hours, and mandate that they share advertising revenue with the originating site. She points out a 1918 court case in which the AP sued a ...

Yet Another Plan To Change Copyright Law To Protect Newspapers
Techdirt — ... , and this week, a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer is backing the same basic idea as proposed by two brothers, David and Daniel Marburger. One is a First Amendment lawyer and the other an economist -- and I'm stunned that both would get things so backwards. Their specific proposal is that: ...

Let's Screw Up the Entire Internet to Save Newspapers
Valleywag — ... , nothing to see here), also touts the idea of giving newspapers a 24-hour injunction on news they post, during which time it's all theirs, and can't be aggregated by others online. ...

Let's Screw Up the Entire Internet to Save Newspapers
Gawker: Valleywag — ... , nothing to see here), also touts the idea of giving newspapers a 24-hour injunction on news they post, during which time it's all theirs, and can't be aggregated by others online. ...

Let's Screw Up the Entire Internet to Save Newspapers
Gawker Comments — ... , nothing to see here), also touts the idea of giving newspapers a 24-hour injunction on news they post , during which time it's all theirs, and can't be aggregated by others online. Fine. You can have your injunction. But you can't stop anyone from discussing, and writing about, current events. As they happen. Go read all those "Twitter Generation" stories you guys are always writing! The idea that it's worth crippling the entire free flow of information on the internet in order to add to the bottom line of newspaper companies is prima facie idiotic. I guess you could also ...

Politics makes….
BuzzMachine — ... When she pushed her dangerous agenda to change copyright law through Congress to protect her industry, company, and job, Plain Dealer columnist Connie Schultz ...

Open source advocates still called zealots
Open Source — ... and make people buy what they already deem worthless, maybe the latest business innovations do sound like a pitchforked mob at the gates. ...