It is principally concerned about search engines such as Google and Yahoo and Web sites such as the Drudge Report that aggregate the news without asking permission from or paying royalties to those who reported it.
This saber-rattling has been a long time coming from organizations frustrated by seeing their work filched by others. News organizations contribute to the AP, which then charges newspapers a princely fee to share contributions with other media...
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This is what would happen... - 2009-04-12 20:53:53
If newspapers hate blogs now, they will hate them more if they start charging for content.
Bloggers will simply read the papers and summarize what they read without a link back to the original source.
Now, bloggers are happy clipping a little bit here and there and then linking back.
Put that content behind a pay wall and the link will be worthless. Readers will already get enough from the blogs AND the paper will be losing online ad revenue.
It's a no-win situation, really.
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Charging for Content - 2009-04-12 10:06:01
The only way for newspapers and news wires to survive is to start transmitting the content electronically, but other than through the Internet. The Kindle is probably the prototype for future newspapers. I receive Kindle material on my Ipod Touch.
I can take my Ipod Touch on the subway and read my NY Times each morning. The advantage of delivery through an electronic receiver over the Internet: greater portability, and ease of update. The advantage over the printed press: no paper, no need for pressmen, or newsboys.
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