DISQUS

I disagree that content will make or break Venice, though they have invested their public reputation in high end content. Bringing connectivity around content is where the zeitgeist is temporarily resident. I think of the Venice Project more as a TV IRC/Im application which is a bit like saying it's a non-virtual Second Life.

HI Mathew, responded in a post today. I still think we can use this to move the debate on instead of each side standing off and saying you're wrong. Or is it in the nature of blogging that we just stay in the flow.

Ok - so how do we go about undersanding the issue without taking the easy route that's there at each extreme - all content re-use is great, no content re-use should be allowed.

I wodner are we being over hasty dismissing these arguments - take a look today at Google taking 30,000 videos down. Like it or not ther are ownership issues tucked away in some of the cracks in Cooper's argument and if we address them we'll come to a better understanding of where the web will go.

Matthew, I have my doubts. Craig is very conscious of nurturing a community around the list and doing only what the community wants done. Of course he could earn more but look at why he is charging now in those cities - to improve the community experience. My guess is if he went for the dollars his community, in part, would leave, maybe not enough to wreck the business but to do significant damage to the ehtos. Thre might be an important lesson about the limits of long term profitability in Craig's List.