[LINK] Shirky: Murdoch's Times paywall is pretty much like all the other paywalls

[Stilgherrian]

On 11/11/2010, at 12:29 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
> There was a US case recently which I can't find a link for just now, where the judge argued that because the information was put on the internet without protection there was an implied license(?) to allow people to copy it.

Orly?

You're not confusing it with last week's claim by the editor of Cooks Source magazine that anything on the internet was free for her to grab?

http://storify.com/kegill/cooks-source-magazine-ignites-copyright-firestorm
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/11/04/cooks-source-the-magazine-that-got-a-facebook-backlash-for-copying-material-without-permission/
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/11/05/cooks-source-what-should-judith-griggs-have-done/

Stil


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