Comments on: Is The Blogging Times “borrowing” content from other websites?

By: Matt Craven

Matt Craven — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:02:40 +0000

Ryan, thanks for the followup.

I just wish folks would use common sense and show others a little respect – bloggers shouldn’t be ‘borrowing’ (i call it theft) content from elsewhere.

Matt

By: Ryan Block

Ryan Block — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:57:00 +0000

I’ve contacted TBT and Eddie, he immediately took down the image. He then requested and obtained our permission to use it (with credit / link); we’re happy to share and share alike, and he’s got our blessing to use the photo now with credit.

By: Ryan Block

Ryan Block — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:46:18 +0000

Andy, by the way, that is absolutely positively our photo. Where else have you seen it? Almost everywhere else credited us.

By: Ryan Block

Ryan Block — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:35:26 +0000

I’m going to look into this, thanks!

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:13:31 +0000

Yes, Ashish did say that.

Whilst I agree 100% with the policy in general, strictly speaking, it’s hard in this instance to know if that really is Engadget’s picture or whether it was taken as a screen grab from the keynote presentation. It’s certainly been used in several places. So, it may not actually be Engadget’s photo – it belongs to Apple really – but then, it’s likely that the photo was taken from Engadget as the chances of independently taking the same frame from a keynote presentation are slim.

By: Ashish Mohta

Ashish Mohta — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:14:19 +0000

Thats why i said you should ask them first to get permission.And the end you should link back to them telling you took permission or something

By: Matt Craven

Matt Craven — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:12:58 +0000

No, you borrow the content if you have permission. Otherwise, you don’t. Period.

Matt

By: Ashish Mohta

Ashish Mohta — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:11:31 +0000

Borrow the content but ask first and then you add your own ideas and views…thats the way it should be!!

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:33:17 +0000

It just amazes me how arrogant Howard Lindzon is that he makes his little comment against 901 and then subtly taking a shot at Loren. This is an adult who runs businesses or a spoiled brat losing his ball on the playground?

By: Matt Craven

Matt Craven — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:20:39 +0000

Mostly, I’m just disappointed.

I expect blog news sites to be better than this.
Matt