Posted by: Serge Wroclawski
on March 31, 2004 12:10 AM
I think that while you certainly understand the economic argument, you do not see why many of the authors are using your work.
The main reason, I believe, is that they understand that web pages are transitory. In a day, a week or a few years, the page they loved will be gone, and so linking is insufflcient.
I have saved many sites to my own machine for just this reason.
Attribution is the key here. If the original source is Newsforge, then you want the readers to be aware of that and build brand name, but without constant attention, people will copy your content. To recap: Imitation (or copying) is the most sincere form of flattery.
Much of the value in a news site such as this one is in the "We've got it first" angle. You may want to consider your position with this in mind, and change the way you license your content thusly. You may decide that the value to Newsforge in terms of direct ad revenue for a single article lasts, say two weeks.
After that time, you may want to allow for redistribution with attribution for non-commercial use.
Commercial use would be different, since such an entity is, theoretically, taking revenue from you, but Newsforge should be open to that to. If another site wants to use your articles in whole or in part, they can arange a scheme by which Newsforge is paid for that.
There's no conflict of interest here as far as I see on any side.
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Posted by: Serge Wroclawski on March 31, 2004 12:10 AMThe main reason, I believe, is that they understand that web pages are transitory. In a day, a week or a few years, the page they loved will be gone, and so linking is insufflcient.
I have saved many sites to my own machine for just this reason.
Attribution is the key here. If the original source is Newsforge, then you want the readers to be aware of that and build brand name, but without constant attention, people will copy your content. To recap: Imitation (or copying) is the most sincere form of flattery.
Much of the value in a news site such as this one is in the "We've got it first" angle. You may want to consider your position with this in mind, and change the way you license your content thusly. You may decide that the value to Newsforge in terms of direct ad revenue for a single article lasts, say two weeks.
After that time, you may want to allow for redistribution with attribution for non-commercial use.
Commercial use would be different, since such an entity is, theoretically, taking revenue from you, but Newsforge should be open to that to. If another site wants to use your articles in whole or in part, they can arange a scheme by which Newsforge is paid for that.
There's no conflict of interest here as far as I see on any side.
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