Quoting Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>:
I agree. It seems that mining the web has become fair game.
I came across a curation/aggregation service recently. 'Scoop-it'
mines the web looking for references to a defined set of keywords set
up by the user. Scoop-it then returns a nicely formatted list
containing links to articles, bogs, tweets etc. that match those
keywords.
This sort of aggregation seems fairly benign and potentially useful -
it just returns a short paragraph from each site. If the user wants
more information they need to go to the original article (of course,
the 'original' article could well be plagiarized, but that's another
issue). In this way, the service potentially drives users to the
original item.
I've been trying out Scoop-it for a web site I maintain for a
non=profit organisation. Unfortunately it returns a lot of dross
amongst the gems - I need to refine my keywords.
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
I think tat some are confused about the difference between an open
unregulated internet and intellectual property rights.
Unfortunately, there's no easy way to enforce the latter.
A respected automotive industry pub, "rewrote" one of my NY Times
articles last week. It wasn't word for word, but it was close with a
few additions and some paraphrasing. Not even worth complaining.
They wouldn't give a hoot: They know I have no recourse. And there's
nothing to be gained on my end. In fact, it would be bridge burning,
in that I might want to write for them someday.
On Mar 12, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Bob W wrote:
I don't see what they're confused about. The laws / rules / codes for
copyright and plagiarism should cover this medium just as it's covered
print, india ink, hieroglyphics, cuneiform and chiseled bits of rock.
The people who are stealing stuff know they're stealing just as the victims
know they're being ripped off. Trying to tart it up by calling it
aggregation is adding insult to injury by lying as well as thieving.
B
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Subject: Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work
The fellow who reproduced Mark's pages isn't an aggregator, he's a
thief, but the line is confused. Saw this piece just this orning.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/business/media/guidelines-proposed-
for-content-aggregation-
online.html?pagewanted=1&nl=business&emc=edit_at_20120312
On Mar 12, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Have a look at this:
http://dhileep-annai-illam.blogspot.com/2009/07/computer-lcd-
monitors-
for-photography.html
Stolen entirely from my web site at
http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=31
Sent a complaint to blogger.com last week but no response so far...
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