PUBLISHERS FIGHT TO PROTECT CONTENT
The Nation reports today that a group of 13 leading Thai publishers have joined together to "enrich the value of their online content while countering the threat from copy-and-paste websites and netizens used to getting everything for free".
The declaration was signed by 13 major news content providers - ASTV Manager, Thai Rath Online, Daily News Online, Matichon, Post Publishing, Nation Multimedia Group, Siam Sport, INN Online, Thansettakij Online, Dara Daily Online, Nawnha Online, Siam Rath Online and Thai Post Online.
The reports says this is the first formal collaboration of journalists to deal with the current situation where many commercial websites borrow copyrighted material to post on their websites without permission.
I welcome this news, but considering I've had first-hand experience with at least two of the above mentioned organisations "borrowing" copyrighted material from overseas publications without permission I wonder if the actions will match these headline-grabbing words.
My feeling is that a clear definition of what is permissible needs to be made. For example would my own "borrowing" from The Nation's report here be acceptable? And what action will be taken against a blogger who opts to copy-and-paste an entire story?
Lots of questions ..
1 comments:
For me, it's pretty simple.
If someone wants to quote a sentence or small paragraph from my site, fine.
But if someone rips the whole post or goes OTT on the quote, then that is not fine.
For photos, they must ask permission. Always. It is not good enough to say 'from so and so' in the caption.
But good luck on them tracking people down. There are sites out there to help, but sometimes it is more of a pain than anything else.
http://www.copyscape.com/
And lorelle.wordpress.com has some interesting articles on the subject.
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