tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post3332151757025876686..comments2024-03-14T09:50:40.819+00:00Comments on Dr Grumble: Concentration and pluralism in the mediaDr Grumblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-26330490527738397972008-10-05T09:56:00.000+01:002008-10-05T09:56:00.000+01:00It was right that Dr Grumble failed Use of English...It was right that Dr Grumble failed Use of English as he plainly has weakness in his comprehension. Mrs Grumble certainly thinks so. There is an explanation of the meaning of proposal 7 below which is doubtless intended for those like Dr Grumble who have difficulty with the legal turn of phrase:<BR/><BR/>The report acknowledges the spreading use for a nominal fee of user-generated content by the commercial publications and the privacy and competition issues this generates. It recommends compensating non-professionals commensurately to the commercial value they generate and using ethical codes to protect the privacy of citizens and public figures.<BR/><BR/>***************<BR/><BR/>It is not all bad. You can see what they are getting at but surely if you put things in the public domain that is it? It is public. You need to realise that. Dr G always has. Younger people do not seem to grasp just what a big step it is to make a public declaration using the web. It is much worse than paper because anybody and everybody can find it instantly throughout the world.<BR/><BR/>This incidentally was the route of the problem with Dr Scott who forgot that he was not having a private chat but that he was being extremely rude in front of Elisabeth Paice about her friend Dame Carol. The other side to this was that Elisabeth Paice failed to realise that this sort of chat between youngsters goes on all the time on a massive scale and that they regard it like chatting in the pub. Also there are proper mechanisms in the chat rooms in the form of an abuse button which should be used to protect people in such circumstances. Reporting people to the authorities is plainly not a proper way to respond which is why there was such an outcry.<BR/><BR/>These were problems of new versus old ways of communicating causing a damaging clash between the hopelessly out-of-touch old and the incautious young.Dr Grumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-79480064669881535112008-10-05T09:29:00.000+01:002008-10-05T09:29:00.000+01:00Thanks Betty M. We need a lawyer with this. Now yo...Thanks Betty M. We need a lawyer with this. Now you have explained it with an example Dr G understands what this is getting at.<BR/><BR/>Dr Grumble has had bits of his blog lifted and published commercially. They did ask his permission but when he failed to respond they published it anyway. Dr Grumble didn't actually mind but Dr Crippen has sent in bills for this sort of thing (which have been paid).<BR/><BR/>You can see why legislators can see a problem with the uncharted territory of blogs but I suspect that there already are laws which apply to newspapers stealing the Grumble words. <BR/><BR/>Dr Grumble has not given any of this much thought but he would be more in favour of freeing things up and allowing people to use content more readily without worrying about copyright and other legal impediments to the free and rapid expression of views and ideas.<BR/><BR/>You may have noticed that Dr Grumble shows many fewer pictures than he did. This was because of copyright concerns. Yet Dr Grumble could freely link to the picture. If it is OK to create a link why shouldn't it be OK to cut and paste into the blog. The same goes for text. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand there plainly are commercial organisations out there which just want to rip off and make money from the likes of Dr Grumble. Some of them have approached Dr G and some of them have just copied his work.<BR/><BR/>Anyway we are probably right to keep an eye on what they might be up to in the EU.<BR/><BR/>Dr Grumble is concerned enough to have informed their <A HREF="http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/the-lords-they-are-a-blogging/#comments" REL="nofollow">blogging lordships</A> about his concern. He fears they may have no influence whatever on this matter which is clearly being decided miles away from Westminster.Dr Grumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-77808186143203013622008-10-05T08:54:00.000+01:002008-10-05T08:54:00.000+01:00That looks to me like something to get newspapers ...That looks to me like something to get newspapers etc who lift blog content from individual bloggers to pay for itBetty Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106396238018550134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-86180263443796517152008-10-04T20:10:00.000+01:002008-10-04T20:10:00.000+01:00Number 7:- Proposes the introduction of fees comme...Number 7:<BR/><BR/>- Proposes the introduction of fees commensurate with the commercial value of the user-generated content as well as ethical codes and terms of usage for user-generated content in commercial publications; <BR/><BR/>**********<BR/><BR/>Does anybody know what this means? Is this some sort of a blogging charge to pay for the bureaucracy put in place to keep us all on the straight and narrow?Dr Grumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417731064007601504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-91998861225344429412008-10-04T20:04:00.000+01:002008-10-04T20:04:00.000+01:00Indeed, they are afraid of open debate and the tru...Indeed, they are afraid of open debate and the truth, politicians are afraid of any kind of democracy that they cannot control from the top, they are scared of a real democracy.<BR/><BR/>The EU super-autocracy does not appear to be in anyone's interests apart from the ruling elite's.Garth Marenghihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373175498875348430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-5159438240853816152008-10-04T19:37:00.000+01:002008-10-04T19:37:00.000+01:00If politicians told us the truth, without any waff...If politicians told us the truth, without any waffle, they would have nothing to fear from bloggers, would they? We only express our opinions on things that concern us. We don't force anyone to agree with what we say.madsadgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406362172304786268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25200961.post-31217039548990202212008-10-04T19:26:00.000+01:002008-10-04T19:26:00.000+01:00Very worrying. It doesn't matter to me directly a...Very worrying. It doesn't matter to me directly as a blogger as I am no longer employed, being retired. However I am concerned that all the implications contained within the document will affect me and many others.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847149482684623481noreply@blogger.com