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• Mainstream media declares war on Internet - TB - 7/25/2009 8:34:18 PM
  • No, big business perverts the free market. - ER - 7/26/2009 1:46:06 PM
    • Where the heck did that come from? - TB - 7/26/2009 7:19:15 PM
    • I am not at my best today - FrankC - 7/26/2009 7:09:49 PM
      • "Mainstream media" is a buzzword. - ER - 7/26/2009 8:29:53 PM
        • I assume you sent it via pm from .net - FrankC - 7/26/2009 8:54:55 PM
    • Patents - RobVG - 7/26/2009 6:58:05 PM
  • re: Mainstream media declares war on Internet - NetExpert - 7/26/2009 6:38:46 AM
    • Get information regarding what's going on inside the U.S. from China or Russia ? - Eri - 7/26/2009 5:07:00 PM
      • re: Get information regarding what's going on inside the U.S. from China or Russia ? - NetExpert - 7/26/2009 10:38:31 PM
    • The Chinese, the Russians and the Indians are not worried about profit? - Mary Anne - 7/26/2009 1:05:04 PM
      • re: The Chinese, the Russians and the Indians are not worried about profit? - NetExpert - 7/26/2009 10:35:00 PM
        • I agree, to a point. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 12:11:26 AM
          • re: I agree, to a point. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 5:32:19 AM
            • When you can get reliable information out of a war zone and an interview with the President of Russia, let me know. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 11:08:47 AM
              • re:Ahhh, the Arrogance of the Talent - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 8:18:30 PM
                • Not Rush or Rachel. Real reporters. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 9:37:48 PM
                  • re: Real reporters. - TB - 7/27/2009 10:17:24 PM
                    • Thank you. Not free. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 2:13:17 AM
  • Well, that's going to be a mess if they all do that. - Eri - 7/26/2009 1:19:11 AM
    • Probably not so much. - Mary Anne - 7/26/2009 3:34:20 AM
      • They do. As a former journalist, I'm all for paying them for their work. - Eri - 7/26/2009 4:17:08 AM
        • Chaos - Mary Anne - 7/26/2009 4:20:56 AM
  • re: Mainstream media decide to test copyright law. - Mary Anne - 7/26/2009 12:49:51 AM
    • re: Mainstream media decide to test copyright law. - NetExpert - 7/26/2009 10:52:36 PM
      • Copyright law makes no distinctions between news production and other creative work. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 12:46:46 AM
        • re: Copyright law makes no distinctions between news production and other creative work. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 5:10:59 AM
          • The reason newspapers are in the trouble they are today is that people are not paying them for what they supply. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 11:22:18 AM
            • re: Killing an environmental monster - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 8:31:12 PM
              • Electricity, Electricity - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 10:02:29 PM
                • re: Electricity, Electricity - NetExpert - 7/28/2009 2:13:13 AM
                  • They are collecting data. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 3:16:54 AM
                    • re: They are collecting data. - NetExpert - 7/28/2009 6:53:20 AM
                      • Oh, for pete's sake. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 12:15:14 PM
                        • You don't get it - NetExpert - 7/29/2009 3:03:57 AM
      • Everyone has a monopoly on their own property. - alcaray - 7/27/2009 12:14:58 AM
        • re: Everyone has a monopoly on their own property. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 7:08:56 AM
          • What you make with your very own hands is yours. - alcaray - 7/27/2009 11:40:48 PM
            • Depends what you make - Nick Hoffman - 7/31/2009 6:22:24 AM
              • If you make news coverage, and you have a whole worldful of competitors, then you can do what you want with your product. - alcaray - 7/31/2009 6:33:50 PM
          • The actual issue is at the end of the article. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 12:08:01 PM
            • re: The actual issue is at the end of the article. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 8:33:31 PM
              • If Google had written all those books, I would support their position. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 2:18:33 AM
                • re:OPEC owns its oil - NetExpert - 7/28/2009 6:44:15 AM
                  • Yes. Yes it does. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 11:52:32 AM
                    • re: Yes. Yes it does. - NetExpert - 7/29/2009 3:30:04 AM
                      • They aren't saying people may not link. - Mary Anne - 7/30/2009 1:49:27 PM
                        • No they are trying to chrage them for doing so... - NetExpert - 7/31/2009 1:51:37 AM
                          • We subscribe through EBSCO and ProQuest already. - Mary Anne - 8/11/2009 5:55:28 AM
    • re: Mainstream media - TB - 7/26/2009 3:44:27 AM
      • Hence the tracking programs. - Mary Anne - 7/26/2009 4:15:25 AM
        • re: Hence the tracking programs. - NetExpert - 7/26/2009 10:57:11 PM
          • Civil law is only a weapon if someone is willing to sue. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 12:27:32 AM
            • re: Civil law is only a weapon if someone is willing to sue. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 4:49:23 AM
              • Selling a product is not equivalent to setting up a cartel. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 11:26:29 AM
                • re: Selling a product is not equivalent to setting up a cartel. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 8:38:07 PM
                  • First of all, I have never been a journalist. I just think they have a right to be paid. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 2:34:03 AM
                    • re: First of all, I have never been a journalist. I just think they have a right to be paid. - NetExpert - 7/28/2009 7:07:08 AM
                      • Do you read what other people write, really? - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 12:36:07 PM
                        • You just don't get it.... - NetExpert - 7/29/2009 3:42:11 AM
    • If we were to declare war on Brazil... - Eri - 7/26/2009 1:18:20 AM