Comments on: The Art Of Stealing The Other Guy’s Property http://themoderatevoice.com/41671/the-art-of-stealing-the-other-guys-property/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:41:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave_Schuler http://themoderatevoice.com/41671/the-art-of-stealing-the-other-guys-property/comment-page-1/#comment-198435 Dave_Schuler Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:17:40 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=41671#comment-198435 I think you're giving Mr. Shapira far too much credit, Jerry. He's claiming a right to much, much more than is covered by copyright or under the laws and conventions against plagiarism. He's claiming to own the ideas contained in the material. The complaint about Gawker isn't that it quoted without citation but that it used the ideas.<br><br>The ideas and knowledge don't belong to the author. They are not covered by copyright. Authors who don't want their ideas replayed and reused should stop writing <b>now</b>.<br><br>Books, poems, stories, articles, and so on may be copyrighted and those rights belong to the author. The ideas in the books, poems, stories, articles, and so on <b>go into the public domain</b>. Authors who claim otherwise are pirates. I think you're giving Mr. Shapira far too much credit, Jerry. He's claiming a right to much, much more than is covered by copyright or under the laws and conventions against plagiarism. He's claiming to own the ideas contained in the material. The complaint about Gawker isn't that it quoted without citation but that it used the ideas.

The ideas and knowledge don't belong to the author. They are not covered by copyright. Authors who don't want their ideas replayed and reused should stop writing now.

Books, poems, stories, articles, and so on may be copyrighted and those rights belong to the author. The ideas in the books, poems, stories, articles, and so on go into the public domain. Authors who claim otherwise are pirates.

]]> By: ThurmanHart http://themoderatevoice.com/41671/the-art-of-stealing-the-other-guys-property/comment-page-1/#comment-198368 ThurmanHart Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:14:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=41671#comment-198368 I do a good bit of writing on the internet. I've even managed to get paid for some of it (and managed to sell a few ads on my own sites). I don't mind if someone uses my words or expands on my thoughts so long as they link back to me - though a mention of my name is always nice. But a link is a de facto citation of where the words/ideas come from.<br><br>On the other hand, I've issued a number of Cease and Desist orders to websites that simply ripped off my RSS feeds and published them in their entirety. I've even done this with sites that mentioned my name. It's one thing to take an idea or a few words and then add content to and around them. It's another thing to simply take someone else's work and try to make money from it. I do a good bit of writing on the internet. I've even managed to get paid for some of it (and managed to sell a few ads on my own sites). I don't mind if someone uses my words or expands on my thoughts so long as they link back to me – though a mention of my name is always nice. But a link is a de facto citation of where the words/ideas come from.

On the other hand, I've issued a number of Cease and Desist orders to websites that simply ripped off my RSS feeds and published them in their entirety. I've even done this with sites that mentioned my name. It's one thing to take an idea or a few words and then add content to and around them. It's another thing to simply take someone else's work and try to make money from it.

]]> By: joeinhell http://themoderatevoice.com/41671/the-art-of-stealing-the-other-guys-property/comment-page-1/#comment-198365 joeinhell Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:07:48 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=41671#comment-198365 All "news" papers are a waste of good trees. There are no GOOD "news"papers. There are only second rate pieces of shit that are shilling for their owners viewpoint. Since all but one "news"paper is owned by right wing Merchants of Death, that have taken for their own viewpoints the vapid shit, Any Rand. Stop wasting trees, boycott newspapers. Get a real job where you can report "news" without the censoring of the MSM, or just quit. Get a job planting trees, not much pay, but not enough to repay the earth and its people for the trees wasted on your bullshit.<br><br>Die newspapers die. All “news” papers are a waste of good trees. There are no GOOD “news”papers. There are only second rate pieces of shit that are shilling for their owners viewpoint. Since all but one “news”paper is owned by right wing Merchants of Death, that have taken for their own viewpoints the vapid shit, Any Rand. Stop wasting trees, boycott newspapers. Get a real job where you can report “news” without the censoring of the MSM, or just quit. Get a job planting trees, not much pay, but not enough to repay the earth and its people for the trees wasted on your bullshit.

Die newspapers die.

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