Comments on: Social aggregators like Shyftr threaten the livelihood of bloggers http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/04/12/social-aggregators-like-shyftr-threaten-the-livelihood-of-bloggers/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tish http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/04/12/social-aggregators-like-shyftr-threaten-the-livelihood-of-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-85131 Tish Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:36:13 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/04/12/social-aggregators-like-shyftr-threaten-the-livelihood-of-bloggers/#comment-85131 Just want to share with u :))) As Drezner and Farrel put it, “…and though elite bloggers are ideologically diverse, they’re demographically similar. Middle-class white males are overrepresented in the upper echelons of the blogosphere.” Just want to share with u :)))
As Drezner and Farrel put it, “…and though elite bloggers are ideologically diverse, they’re demographically similar. Middle-class white males are overrepresented in the upper echelons of the blogosphere.”

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/04/12/social-aggregators-like-shyftr-threaten-the-livelihood-of-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-84409 Jonathan Bailey Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:24:13 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/04/12/social-aggregators-like-shyftr-threaten-the-livelihood-of-bloggers/#comment-84409 Rowdygal: The notion that RSS feeds offer an implied license to scrape is a fallacious argument that has no basis in current legal theory or case law. The method of delivery does not change the protections the author receives in the work. Just because something can be done, does not mean that one has the right to do it. If a blogger says that they do not want their feed published, even if there actually is an implied license, that is their right and sites such as Shyftr to abide by it. It is not the blogger's responsibility to cripple their feed (and likely lose readers) in order to prevent others from profiting from their work without their permission. It is the responsibility of the company seeking to use the copyrighted works of another to do so both ethically and within the bounds of the law. I feel strongly that Shyftr is outside on both. They are the ones seeking to profit from other people's work, not the blogger who, often without intention or any direct action, published an RSS feed. Rowdygal: The notion that RSS feeds offer an implied license to scrape is a fallacious argument that has no basis in current legal theory or case law. The method of delivery does not change the protections the author receives in the work.

Just because something can be done, does not mean that one has the right to do it.

If a blogger says that they do not want their feed published, even if there actually is an implied license, that is their right and sites such as Shyftr to abide by it. It is not the blogger’s responsibility to cripple their feed (and likely lose readers) in order to prevent others from profiting from their work without their permission.

It is the responsibility of the company seeking to use the copyrighted works of another to do so both ethically and within the bounds of the law. I feel strongly that Shyftr is outside on both. They are the ones seeking to profit from other people’s work, not the blogger who, often without intention or any direct action, published an RSS feed.

]]> By: rowdygal http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/04/12/social-aggregators-like-shyftr-threaten-the-livelihood-of-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-84248 rowdygal Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:23:17 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/04/12/social-aggregators-like-shyftr-threaten-the-livelihood-of-bloggers/#comment-84248 The answer is to change your blog to only partial feeds for RSS. That is YOUR responsibility and decision, not a site like Shyftr. The answer is to change your blog to only partial feeds for RSS. That is YOUR responsibility and decision, not a site like Shyftr.

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