tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631633385048306686.post2173147629901836059..comments2023-06-05T05:51:48.358-07:00Comments on stealth of nations: the informal inside the formalrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01115499862681364911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631633385048306686.post-50979277685914149512009-01-29T14:05:00.000-08:002009-01-29T14:05:00.000-08:00Subtaupe: There is a difference. The fact that you...Subtaupe: There is a difference. The fact that you link to their sites is not a direct mechanism for increasing corporate revenues. A hawker selling copies at the roadside is.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the law, the difference between linking and framing is crucial. A link is not, so far as I understand it, infringing on copyright because it refers the reader without stealing content. If you simply framed someone else's work and presented it as yours, as some news aggregating sites used to do, that would be a legal issue.<BR/><BR/>Now, for the stooge factor: we all rely on traditional media, even as we attempt to break free. This doesn't automatically make us stooges. I'm not sure there's an informal economy of info. But in a sense, writing and journalism have always been classic informal professions. There's no license to get: you just set out your shingle and proclaim that you're a writer. And with the web, you don't have to have money to simply put your words out there.rnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115499862681364911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631633385048306686.post-42740002761161433592009-01-28T23:24:00.000-08:002009-01-28T23:24:00.000-08:00Sort of makes me think about the informal distribu...Sort of makes me think about the informal distribution economy that blogs serve for th formal media outlets. I know i link to tons of media link, using their photos, and it is sort of understood, as far as i read it, that these media syndicates like the NYT could theoretically sue me for rights infringement, but for the most part never would because of the incredible visibility blogs bring to the media market. <BR/>as a blogger am i part of an informal economy of information, that is building an independence? an autonomy that is counter to the formal info markets of traditional media? or am i just a stooge of these bigger syndicates providing them endless strems of free advertising?Subtopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122864721176856838noreply@blogger.com