Comments on: If you put it on the internet you give it away http://www.teleread.com/court-merrigan/16828/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Court http://www.teleread.com/court-merrigan/16828/comment-page-1/#comment-1012431 Court Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:46:20 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16828#comment-1012431 Hello Jim, I tried to put my blog address into FairShare, just out of curiosity, but was repeatedly informed this URL is not valid. So I can't comment on the service itself. But prima facie this seems to be merely a slightly less intrusive form of what Copyscape "does". I wonder whether it is any more accurate. I'll give it the benefit of a doubt, though, since I couldn't actually try it myself. A CC license of some sort, say one not allowing commercial use, should have the same effect, though, Jim, I would think. Hello Jim, I tried to put my blog address into FairShare, just out of curiosity, but was repeatedly informed this URL is not valid. So I can’t comment on the service itself. But prima facie this seems to be merely a slightly less intrusive form of what Copyscape “does”. I wonder whether it is any more accurate. I’ll give it the benefit of a doubt, though, since I couldn’t actually try it myself.

A CC license of some sort, say one not allowing commercial use, should have the same effect, though, Jim, I would think.

]]> By: Jim http://www.teleread.com/court-merrigan/16828/comment-page-1/#comment-1012247 Jim Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:51:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16828#comment-1012247 I have been using a free service called FairShare -- which gives me an RSS feed for each time someone copies my content. http://beta.fairshare.cc It even tells you when someone is putting advertising on it, which is what makes my blood boil the most. I have been using a free service called FairShare — which gives me an RSS feed for each time someone copies my content.

http://beta.fairshare.cc

It even tells you when someone is putting advertising on it, which is what makes my blood boil the most.

]]> By: Court http://www.teleread.com/court-merrigan/16828/comment-page-1/#comment-1012139 Court Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:06:07 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16828#comment-1012139 Thanks, pond. I suppose a personal appeal might stop some folks - but not those out to make an illicit profit. But then, as has been amply demonstrated with music and movies, nothing stops those people. They will pirate and pirate until there is no more pirating to be done. Thanks, pond. I suppose a personal appeal might stop some folks – but not those out to make an illicit profit. But then, as has been amply demonstrated with music and movies, nothing stops those people. They will pirate and pirate until there is no more pirating to be done.

]]> By: pond http://www.teleread.com/court-merrigan/16828/comment-page-1/#comment-1012017 pond Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:58:39 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16828#comment-1012017 That was a nice essay, and it was also good of Mr Dale that he wrote in. A collegial, friendly exchange. As for Creative Commons and discouraging widespread piracy, I think in general a personal appeal would work best. Something like, 'I worked very hard on this story and it represents the best I could do at the time. I'm glad if you enjoyed reading it, but please don't copy it and send it around. Instead you can just tell people about this site, and they can come here and read it. Thank you.' That was a nice essay, and it was also good of Mr Dale that he wrote in. A collegial, friendly exchange.

As for Creative Commons and discouraging widespread piracy, I think in general a personal appeal would work best. Something like, ‘I worked very hard on this story and it represents the best I could do at the time. I’m glad if you enjoyed reading it, but please don’t copy it and send it around. Instead you can just tell people about this site, and they can come here and read it. Thank you.’

]]> By: Rob Preece, Publisher http://www.teleread.com/court-merrigan/16828/comment-page-1/#comment-1011959 Rob Preece, Publisher Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:56:52 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16828#comment-1011959 I truly don't understand this logic. It's true that authors cannot keep others from violating copyright. However, this is true regardless of the Internet. The Internet is a communications network, that's all. If anything, it increases the need to find some way to protect intellectual property--because increasingly IP is all that matters. I believe that affordable electronic fiction is the future but affordable does not have to mean free. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com I truly don’t understand this logic. It’s true that authors cannot keep others from violating copyright. However, this is true regardless of the Internet. The Internet is a communications network, that’s all. If anything, it increases the need to find some way to protect intellectual property–because increasingly IP is all that matters.

I believe that affordable electronic fiction is the future but affordable does not have to mean free.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

]]> By: Court http://www.teleread.com/court-merrigan/16828/comment-page-1/#comment-1011860 Court Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:55:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=16828#comment-1011860 I'd just like to add that David B Dale has stopped by the site and commented. Come on over and have a look at what he has to say, and please add your comments if you'd like. I’d just like to add that David B Dale has stopped by the site and commented. Come on over and have a look at what he has to say, and please add your comments if you’d like.

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