Brings "no good deed goes unpunished" to a new level. On 03/08/07, Brook Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In other words, indymedia doesn't count. or any other primarily > volunteer > news organization. Only people connected to organizations who get money > from the very people a journalist might have to, you know, expose, or be > ethical enough to not whitewash. > > Disgusted, > > Brook > > On 8/3/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <steve%40dvmachine.com>> > wrote: > > > > > > > http://www.podcastingnews.com/2007/08/02/congress-fights-bush-protect-bloggers-rights-excludes-noncommercial-bloggers/ > > > > "The bill excludes casual bloggers from protections, stipulating that > > the protections apply only to those who derive "financial gain or > > livelihood" from their journalistic activity. While this part of the > > bill could prove controversial to anyone that blogs as a hobby, it > > would include people that get income from things like AdSense." > > > > Okay so they wanted some shield laws for journalists, and wanted to > > include blogs and vlogs, but they didnt want it to apply to every > > human. So we (well not me, Im in the UK) get this strange fudge, > > wheere if you want to protect your sources then you better get some > > adverts. > > > > Wibble! > > > > Steve Elbows > > > > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Brook Hinton > film/video/audio art > www.brookhinton.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
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