Thursday, September 09, 2010

GCI won't join online copyright fight 'right now'

Copyright enforcement company Righthaven might have signed up the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette owner's, WEHCO, as a new client, but Gannett isn't planning to start suing non-profits, bloggers and politicians for reposting material, according to this Daily Online Examiner story.

"I don't think it's something we're going to pursue right now," GCI Senior Associate General Counsel Barbara Wall told a teleconference yesterday about whether copyright litigation could save the ailing newspaper industry.

4 comments:

  1. She is right. Improve the products and deliveries instead litigation. US have too many lawyers out of jobs and they are looking for opportunities to take advantages.

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  2. One of the only smart things I have heard from Gannett in the past few years

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  3. We should be thankful someone is using our copy, given the drivel GCI papers are publishing these days. So we get one credit out of every five mentions. At least it shows there are still newspaper readers there.

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  4. If somebody doesn't take up this fight it won't matter how good the product is. The fact of the matter is it costs money to produce the news. If you willingly allow people to poach your content, you are assuring your eventual demise.

    What this stance tells me is that Gannett no longer looks at itself as a serious newsgathering organization. It's not worried about people stealing original content because it's quickly on its way to becoming a PR firm.

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