Comments on: Commentary: Make Google Pay for Using Newspaper Copy http://pjnet.org/post/1923/ Public Journalism Network Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:59:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: quirkyalone http://pjnet.org/post/1923/comment-page-1/#comment-6856 quirkyalone Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:13:39 +0000 http://pjnet.org/?p=1923#comment-6856 I think the problem is, that Google is not using their stories, they just link to them, and that is (and should be) legal. Moreover, Google sends them visitor, which they can monetize by selling ad space on their web. Also, Google is making money because they have advanced technology for distributing ads, and journalistic content is only one part of the web. So Google would make money without newspaper websites all the same. And the third and most substantial thing is, that any website can opt-out from being indexed by search engines. I think the problem is, that Google is not using their stories, they just link to them, and that is (and should be) legal. Moreover, Google sends them visitor, which they can monetize by selling ad space on their web.

Also, Google is making money because they have advanced technology for distributing ads, and journalistic content is only one part of the web. So Google would make money without newspaper websites all the same.

And the third and most substantial thing is, that any website can opt-out from being indexed by search engines.

]]> By: R.R. Rodgers http://pjnet.org/post/1923/comment-page-1/#comment-6828 R.R. Rodgers Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:56:30 +0000 http://pjnet.org/?p=1923#comment-6828 The same question I used to ask myself about AP and broadcast (radio and TV) that would read my stories word-for-word over the air unattributed because they were members of AP. A cooperative, yes. But I could never see what we in print got in return. So, we in print, would fill their news hole through our efforts. It was, then, a small step to turning over our long hours of labor to various aggregators who have found the modern advertising business model to wrap around the news hole product we have unprotestingly turned over to them. Of course, to say so is to be flamed as some sort of proprietary 20th-century dinosaur. The same question I used to ask myself about AP and broadcast (radio and TV) that would read my stories word-for-word over the air unattributed because they were members of AP. A cooperative, yes. But I could never see what we in print got in return. So, we in print, would fill their news hole through our efforts. It was, then, a small step to turning over our long hours of labor to various aggregators who have found the modern advertising business model to wrap around the news hole product we have unprotestingly turned over to them. Of course, to say so is to be flamed as some sort of proprietary 20th-century dinosaur.

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