What is the worst thing that could happen to a writer, editor or publisher? In our view, it is when another publisher or a writer charges you for infringement of their copyrights for re-printing an article or using a material without the permission of the owner or in breach of the owner's conditions. Using a copyrighted material without the permission of the owner is not only intellectually dishonest. It is illegal. Full article at The … [Read more...]
The two sides of Tweet ownership
September 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
The other day, Biz Stone of Twitter came out with an email broadcast that changes had been made in Twitter's Terms of Service (TOS). The modifications address issues relating to advertising, tweet ownership, APIs and spam. Already we hear criticisms regarding the changes in Twitter's TOS. The criticisms are not so much on advertising, APIs and spam. To me, Twitter's stance on these aspects of web publishing is pretty much standard. The one … [Read more...]
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