> > I think we should set a policy for the list that press must > > check with the author and ask for permission before lifting > > straight from the list. > >
Any journalist of integrity would never steal from a source without identifying it and the author of the piece. The discussions on this forum are very engaging and perhaps the most in-tune with the issues that affect our city and opinions on those issues. As a pseudo-journalist (volunteer editor of the Lyndale neighborhood paper) I have shared some of the letters on this site... but only after writing to the authors to specifically ask permission first. FYI: Ideas cannot be copyrighted. As a radio talk show host, as a matter of integrity, I never quote a source without identifying it and its author, though I don't often ask for permission first unless the source is copyrighted. I might refer to a copyrighted piece and comment on it, but to read the work as though it were my own would be infringement. I am not sure if, legally speaking, a paper is required to state a source unless the material being "lifted" is copyrighted, but it makes me cringe to think any paid journalist or professional publication would not credit a source! For a mere $99 I believe the owner of this list could copyright the site, and all material on it would then be protected, which would legally force any papers to ask permission and terms before "reprinting" forum items. Check out the http://www.benedict.com/ for the quick & dirty details. Wendy Pareene Lyndale resident TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
