On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 10:41:48AM -0800, Joshua Penix wrote: > > On Mar 15, 2005, at 9:27 AM, Michael O'Keefe wrote: > > >>If bloggers like Amy want to be considered journalists they should > >>try actually investigating the issue before being so Contentious. > > > >As compared to real journalists, like those on CBS who make claims > >about Presidents dodging military service using fake documents as > >evidence. Or NBC claiming the lead judge in Saddam's Hussein's trial > >had been assasinated. I can't remember any of Fox's fuckups, but I'm > >sure they're out there ! > > Heading toward Kooler, but I'm not claiming that journalists are > infallible, I'm simply stating that journalists do their research. And > when they don't, the organizations make the necessary corrections and > apologies. >
As an ex-journalist, I think it's worth taking these concerns about AOL seriously. When this was put into the AOL contract has nothing that I can see to do with the impact. Most journalists sign work-for-hire agreements (whether or not they realize it) with their employeers. These are thinly disguised circumventions of copyright. Big corporations only like intellectual property when they own it all. We techies are often asked to sign intellectual property agreements in order to get our jobs. These say things like, anything you develop, on your time, your equipment, and with no relation to your work stuff, still belongs to them. I sign 'em and ignore 'em. All this stuff is a trend -- a mud slide, really -- of the corporate-government cabal grabbing everything in reach. Now that the smart guys have decided that knowledge and data are worth money, they're doing everything they can to propertyize it and grab it all up. Did you anticipate that Sony/Disney was going to be suing and bankrupting college students over songs? These people are anticipating that if they mention an idea on line, someone will claim-jump it. I don't think they're being alarmists. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
