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4 months ago

in 4 Reasons Why You Should Not Freak Out About the Facebook Terms of Service Changes on Greg's Constant Chaos
Maybe so, except that it establishes a precedence of infringement, if any user ever found themselves in a situation that required copyright enforcement with their property on Facebook. That precedence could be used against them if they were to ever try to legally protect those works in the future. Granted, this isn't as pertinent an issue to a layman user as it is say, a professional photographer, etc. but intellectual property can be a "have them and not need them rather than need them and not have them" situation.
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Greg Bussmann Dana,

Thanks for the comment. You do raise an interesting point. The bottom line to me is that I think overall people, myself included, have to become more aware of what we are signing up for, and thus able to make an educated choice as to whether , if you are a professional photographer lets say, a particular site, in this case Facebook, is the place you should be uploading your copyrighted material to. Maybe it's not. And if you are uploading, maybe your property should be watermarked or of lesser quality than the original so the owner is less worried about how they may use it.

And if you know the terms, and you can not tolerate the concessions you would have to make from a copyright standpoint, then you don't upload.

Intellectual property is tougher, but I would think (again, perhaps naively, that a trademark would trump a Term of Service agreement in court, especially in Facebook was actively trying to license your property.

I still think this move is in the other direction, providing cover for Facebook.

Here's a link to another well thought-out post that goes a little further into the legal aspect of it all: http://www.usabilitycounts.com/2009/02/16/the-f...

5 months ago

in Emmis No Longer Paying for Employee Parking on Punching Kitty
Er, no. I work at Emmis. They cover parking. Parking prices have increased and they are merely selective as to whom is issued a swipe pass as opposed to paper passes.

6 months ago

in #TCOT Dome or a misinterpretation? on Roaring Republican
"What I am suggesting is that #TCOT should never be used to take a stand during internal party debates or to endorse any one specific policy, candidate or ideological position other than conservatism as a whole and the use of technology."

However, this could be just as dangerous as presuming to take a stand for an unclarified majority.

I think #tcot should always side with conservatism as it is defined, no matter the circumstance, as it is the entire point of the website's existence: to stand up for a message and amplify it via social media. Social media is simply a vehicle through which to distribute information quickly and to facilitate connectivity between constituent and official.

I say this as someone who has been blogging since 2001: to make a message's means of distribution the sole or most substantive litmus test for a candidate's worthiness is counter-productive to what we're trying to do.

That being said, I strongly dislike Mike Duncan, but not because he doesn't give 140 character updates daily.

9 months ago

in InterPLAY & PlaySTL 2008 on CourtneyWatson.net
It was great to see you again and thanks so much for your help at the tent! As busy as we all were it was still a blast.

(Mmmm potato. I still haven't forgiven Chris's friend for eating my cheeseballs.)

Danas last blog post..Weekend recovery

10 months ago

in Proud of my social network — The Broad Brush on The Broad Brush
Aw, thanks Todd.
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tojosan Cheers Dana. You're one of the hardest working people I know. :)

1 year ago

in The line between ivory tower and careful reporting? on STL Social Media Guy
It's the media's job to distribute information to the public, not to arbitrarily assess the value of it or present certain aspects of it in a way irrelevant to the overall story.

The story with this is the motivation behind such studies. That the methodology was suspect seems enough reason to warrant it as a news item with emphasis on how it would affect the city.

1 year ago

in The Disappointing Lineup For The STL Interactive Festival on Hell Yeah Bitch! .com
Why not email us next time instead of expecting people to find your post. I didn't see it until I was emailed a link. That would be most helpful.

1 year ago

in The Disappointing Lineup For The STL Interactive Festival on Hell Yeah Bitch! .com
So when we put out the call for ideas you were silent and waited until afterwards to heap on the criticism? Doesn't sound very constructive to me. We also have a time limit and can't support 1,567 panels. Which is why it will be an annual thing.

1 year ago

in Alltop- Encouraging the Mainstream on Chris Brogan
Love how Alltop functions. I use Bloglines and other feed readers, but that doesn't stop me from checking Alltop as it's a big collection of my favorite sites and I prefer the simple, minimalist layout.

1 year ago

in Moving Pictures on CourtneyWatson.net
I love how babies are fascinated by their own feet as they learn to walk.
Too cute.

1 year ago

in Scary parallels between newspaper and music industries on STL Social Media Guy
Danger Mouse is part of the performing/founding duo as well as producer of Gnarls Barkley.
The only problem is that you're assuming that the quality of work - news and music - is the same both online and in traditional formats. It's not, which is why digital downloads will never overtake CDs. Mp3s are a much lower quality format than disc (you can make that argument with CDs and vinyl, but the difference between CD format and mp3 is so audibly astounding that I cannot rely on downloads alone). I think it's a good tactic for pushing disc sales - if I buy the mp3 I typically buy the album. These bands know this which is why they save (usually) the full releases and all bonuses for disc sale. I don't think its radical enough to call it innovation yet.

That aside, I do think that the quality of news online is often times better than the traditional "compact disc" release.

1 year ago

in 2008/03/11/capitol-records-anti-internet/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
True enough, but acts like Radiohead (and now NIN who are doing the same thing) are piggybacking on their previous success which they achieved through a major label.

That's not to say that major labels don't need to re-evaluate their business plans and stop disregarding social media - but we're not at the point where they're totally irrelevant.

1 year ago

in Social media and journalists: a lot of evangelizing to do on STL Social Media Guy
No, and I would not suggest that all those in print media are. I would think that your post refutes that idea. But it still remains that many in traditional journalism - print and broadcast - underestimate their readers. Social media was born partly as a result of that. Many still ignore the relevancy of new media - despite the amount of stories broken by places like Powerline and Drudge. Everyone is too worried about protecting their bottom line and until that feeling subsides I think that disparity will continue to exist.

1 year ago

in Social media and journalists: a lot of evangelizing to do on STL Social Media Guy
"Seems at odds with with idea that readers aren’t savvy. They’re savvy enough to look for news when they want it, but not to know how credible the sources are?"

I appreciate the question. Many traditional journalists view themselves as the gatekeepers of information and that the readership is, for the lack of a better word, the clueless proletariat. The truth of the matter is that print media needs its readers so as to remain relevant, not the other way around as many assume. Nothing kills progress like elitism. This is an attribute of traditional journalism's postmortem status: they underestimate and disregard their readers; they have outlived their original purpose and thus gave way for social media to become the new penny press. Your colleagues reactions seem to confirm that.

1 year ago

in A Very Merry X-Mas to Me! on CourtneyWatson.net
Congratulations!

1 year ago

in Great Balls of Stress on CourtneyWatson.net
You're welcome. It's such a good idea and they look great!
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