Will The Internet Hurt The Market For Recycled Stories?
from the too-simple dept
In the past we've poked fun at news organizations for basically stealing stories from other news organizations and rewriting them for their own purposes. It isn't plagiarism, per se, but it doesn't always seem right. In fact, some of the larger news organizations are guilty of it more often than some smaller ones. Now, Mark Glaser is wondering if the intenret will slow down that practice. With so many people out there scouring news from all over the place, it's much easier for people to find and compare related stories - and to point out their similarities. This makes it less appealing for some news organizations to work with "recycled" pieces - even if they take a slightly different view on the news. I'm not so sure this will happen. After all, people have been able to find the recycled articles for ages already, and it really hasn't slowed down any of the news organizations very much. They seem to chalk up the "complaints" as being from overzealous news junkies - when their core audience is less likely to care.
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
