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[News] The Internet Does to Newspapers What Free Software Does to Microsoft and Apple

  • Subject: [News] The Internet Does to Newspapers What Free Software Does to Microsoft and Apple
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:40:53 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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TV Everywhere Looks Like A Mess So Far

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| There's also no real consensus between cable companies on how to proceed. One 
| result? Users not having a central resource for video content: 
| 
|       Bowman suggested that projects like TV Everywhere may not yield a single 
|       site that will contain content from dozens of programmers. Instead, the 
|       authentication system the industry develops may be used to point pay-TV 
|       subscribers to several different sites to view their pay-TV content online.   
| 
| No standards, no consensus, and no legal agreements -- no problem?
`----

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/TV-Everywhere-Looks-Like-A-Mess-So-Far-104016

Why arenât we paying for news?

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| Apart from determined-sounding utterances from certain notable publishers and 
| new pay walls erected this summer in Harlingen, TX, and Schenectady, NY, the 
| industry has made essentially no progress in figuring out how to effectively 
| monetize the formidable web traffic that represents its strongest asset as 
| print franchises wane.    
`----

http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-arent-we-paying-for-news.html

Pirate Party swashbuckles into Finnish politics

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| The Pirate Party, which first rose to prominence in Sweden during June's 
| European elections, has now been officially launched in Finland, the group's 
| leader said on Wednesday.  
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ipwp8ekbh9qwu2I_5mBIGQBCNZ9w


Recent:

Dear Newspapers: You Don't Have A Monopoly On Local News Coverage

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| And while they often do a superficial job, in many cases they really don't
| provide as useful or as thorough coverage as they could. And that's opened up
| the market to others -- both big and small. We've seen a bunch of stories
| about various "hyperlocal" startups growing up.
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090723/0414085635.shtml


Newspapers' Plan For Survival: Charge Money, Beat Up On Craigslist And Keep
Repeating To Ourselves That We're Needed

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| There's been plenty of coverage about the potentially antitrust-violating
| meeting of newspaper execs in Chicago recently, and late last week reports
| came out about some of the recommendations put forth by the American Press
| Institute at that meeting. The API apparently handed out two whitepapers,
| both of which are amusing, only in that someone actually thinks they're
| useful. The first was effectively saying: "Craigslist really sucks, so let's
| try to beat up on Craigslist."
`----

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090608/1724305171.shtml


Would Joint Action on Online Pricing Violate Antitrust Laws?

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| The under-the-radar meeting hosted by the Newspaper Association of America
| (NAA) Thursday brought together top newspaper executives to discuss various
| issues, including the much-debated topic of charging for online content.
|
| Participants aren't commenting specifically on their discussions, but the
| summit raises the question: Can newspapers collectively decide to put content
| behind a pay wall? And if they did, would that violate antitrust laws?
`----

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003977926


Shhhh. Newspaper Publishers Are Quietly Holding a Very, Very Important Conclave
Today. Will You Soon Be Paying for Online Content?

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| Here's a story the newspaper industry's upper echelon apparently kept from
| its anxious newsrooms: A discreet Thursday meeting in Chicago about their
| future.
|
| "Models to Monetize Content" is the subject of a gathering at a hotel which
| is actually located in drab and sterile suburban Rosemont, Illinois; slabs of
| concrete, exhibition halls and mostly chain restaurants, whose prime reason
| for being is O'Hare International Airport. It's perfect for quickie,
| in-and-out conclaves.
`----

http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/james_warren/2009/05/shhhh_newspaper_publishers_are_quietly_holding_a_very_very_important_conclave_today_will_you_soon_be.php


Newspapers Gather In Secret (With An Antitrust Lawyer) To Collude Over Paywalls

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090528/1832395048.shtml


San Jose Mercury News: No One Reads Us Any More, So Let's Start Charging

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| Media News, the current owner of the Merc, has announced that it's now going
| to start charging for online access to the paper, which seems like a move
| destined to fail dismally (and quickly).
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090517/2210564914.shtml


Sony Pictures CEO: Nothing Good Has Come From The Internet

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| Perhaps part of the problem is the execs who work under him. Mathew Ingram
| points out that at a recent panel discussion the CEO of Sony Pictures,
| Michael Lynton, said: "I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come
| from the internet. Period."
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090515/1301064900.shtml


Lawyers: To Save Newspapers, Let's Destroy Pretty Much Everything Else Good

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| That would be a massive reinterpretation of copyright law, and would
| effectively destroy much of what makes the internet useful. This proposal
| would make it illegal to index the web. It would outlaw search engines. Yes,
| for the sake of saving some outdated newspaper businesses, these lawyers wish
| to make it so that before a search engine can index any website, it needs to
| negotiate permission. This would kill the internet.
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090517/0236594905.shtml


Why Are AGs Targeting Craigslist Rather Than Newspapers Or Other Websites?

,----[ Quote ]
| With Craigslist caving on how it manages its "adult" ads, we've noted that
| some politicians are still angry, despite having been a part of the group
| that bought into the agreement Craigslist made with them six months ago.
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090517/1225254907.shtml


Why Are Newspapers Exploiting The People They Cover?

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| When we recently wrote about yet another journalist complaining about how
| Google exploits their content, someone in the comments made a really salient
| point that should get wider exposure. If you go by the journalist's own
| logic, then the truth is that they are exploiting the newsmakers they cover.
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090417/1544524544.shtml
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