So Busted

13 Responses to “So Busted”

1. GoldnI writes
   November 2nd, 2009 12:46 pm

   All hail to our SouthComm overlords!

2. Ryan Underwood writes
   November 2nd, 2009 1:21 pm

   Are you kidding me? Ever heard of copyright law? Your habitual throwing out of somebody’s last name — or not — does not a publication credit make. Not to mention running said credit-free item as a photo-centerpiece on your sister publication’s website.

   You also seem to hint that this happens at In Session. If ever you see something linked to but not credited at The Tennessean’s political blog, please email me right away, runderwood@tennessean.com, and I will correct it.

3. Nashville Jefferson writes
   November 2nd, 2009 1:28 pm

   Nope — almost certainly fair use so long as its linked and credited.

4. SayUncle writes
   November 2nd, 2009 1:30 pm

   Damn you, ACK, what with your driving traffic their way and stuff.

   Internet: Serious business.

5. Freddie O'Connell writes
   November 2nd, 2009 1:45 pm

   Kleinheider, you didn’t credit The Tennessean in this post.

6. GoldnI writes
   November 2nd, 2009 1:47 pm

   Somebody’s gotten into the Tennessean’s head…

7. Matthew Hurtt writes
   November 2nd, 2009 2:13 pm

   Is this how print media is going to die? Kicking and screaming…?

8. Kleinheider writes
   November 2nd, 2009 2:14 pm

   Somebody’s gotten into the Tennessean’s head…

   Word. We’re planning on staying there.

9. GoldnI writes
   November 2nd, 2009 2:22 pm

   And in all fairness, you did credit them. The link was the credit. But I think Christian Grantham’s proposed resolution has quite a bit of merit.

10. Henry Walker writes
    November 2nd, 2009 4:12 pm

    The City Paper’s use of the Corker article, while unethical, would probably be considered fair use. The amount of material quoted from The Tennessean story on Corker was de minimus. But many of the other articles on Post Politics (which I enjoy and read daily) consist of nothing but paragraphs, sometimes many paragraphs, lifted from legally protected publications. Ryan Underwood may have picked a bad example but his larger point has merit: copying large excerpts of protected content for commercial purposes is not fair use and may well violate the copyright laws.

11. B writes
    November 2nd, 2009 4:20 pm

    Sorry Ryan. The Tennessean surrenders the high ground every time they run a story broken by a non-Gannett local news outlet and lead with “The Tennessean has learned that . . .” Fix that, and then I might listen to your whining.

12. Pot meet Kettle writes
    November 2nd, 2009 4:45 pm

    Henry Walker lecturing on ethics? Let’s take a look at Henry’s ethics:

    http://weeklywire.com/ww/10-06-97/nash_cl-desperately.html

13. Donna Locke writes
    November 2nd, 2009 7:03 pm

    Ah. The old circulation game. Well, we do know this blog is an aggregator, so the quibble should be with the City Paper.