Comments on: Does Robert Scoble “own” his comments? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/26/does-robert-scoble-own-his-comments/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:30:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jfsellsius http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/26/does-robert-scoble-own-his-comments/#comment-342147 jfsellsius Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:03:50 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2438#comment-342147 Easy one. The commentor owns the comment and the blog owner is given the right or license to display the comment publicly on their blog. With the right to display the comment comes the corresponding right to un-display or delete the comment.<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6qhso7">http://tinyurl.com/6qhso7</a> Easy one. The commentor owns the comment and the blog owner is given the right or license to display the comment publicly on their blog. With the right to display the comment comes the corresponding right to un-display or delete the comment.
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]]> By: Woadan http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/26/does-robert-scoble-own-his-comments/#comment-342146 Woadan Sat, 31 May 2008 05:10:22 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2438#comment-342146 I think it really depends on what the Terms of Service, Acceptible Use Policy, or other terms on the the site say. And in that respect, if you don't like the terms, don't comment. And it follows that if you didn't familiarize yourself with the terms, then you can't complain later if they disappear or are edited. I think it really depends on what the Terms of Service, Acceptible Use Policy, or other terms on the the site say. And in that respect, if you don't like the terms, don't comment. And it follows that if you didn't familiarize yourself with the terms, then you can't complain later if they disappear or are edited.

]]> By: Michael R. Bernstein http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/26/does-robert-scoble-own-his-comments/#comment-342145 Michael R. Bernstein Thu, 29 May 2008 02:29:27 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2438#comment-342145 This is completely hypocritical of Scoble.<br><br>He's changed service providers for his blog or his blog comments a couple of times over the years and made *no* effort to bring the old comments over during each transition, effectively throwing the comments away. This is completely hypocritical of Scoble.

He's changed service providers for his blog or his blog comments a couple of times over the years and made *no* effort to bring the old comments over during each transition, effectively throwing the comments away.

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/26/does-robert-scoble-own-his-comments/#comment-342143 mathewi Wed, 28 May 2008 16:21:10 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2438#comment-342143 Fair enough, Cyndy. But I would argue that it has always been<br>delusional to say that ideas can be owned. They can't -- and the<br>screwed-up nature of the U.S. Patent Office when it comes to<br>conceptual patents is just one example of why.<br><br>The specific implementation of an idea can and should be ownable, and<br>that covers pharmaceuticals and all sorts of other inventions. And<br>I'm not saying copyright shouldn't exist; I just think there needs to<br>be a balance between the right of the content creator and the right of<br>everyone else to make fair use of that content in some way.<br><br>All the Web does is force us to confront those kinds of issues a lot<br>more directly than we have in the past. Fair enough, Cyndy. But I would argue that it has always been
delusional to say that ideas can be owned. They can't — and the
screwed-up nature of the U.S. Patent Office when it comes to
conceptual patents is just one example of why.

The specific implementation of an idea can and should be ownable, and
that covers pharmaceuticals and all sorts of other inventions. And
I'm not saying copyright shouldn't exist; I just think there needs to
be a balance between the right of the content creator and the right of
everyone else to make fair use of that content in some way.

All the Web does is force us to confront those kinds of issues a lot
more directly than we have in the past.

]]> By: CyndyA http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/26/does-robert-scoble-own-his-comments/#comment-342142 CyndyA Wed, 28 May 2008 15:50:27 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2438#comment-342142 If we eliminate the concept that ideas can be owned, where does that leave us, though? There's no copyright, no trademarks, no patents, and that brings us to a utopian ideal of communism. Problem is that people can't seem to function under that model. I keep hearing this argument that music should be free and writing should be free, and we are changing the definitions, but tell that to big pharma: they should open-source their drug research! Or Adobe should open-source all their code for Photoshop and Illustrator. It isn't really happening, but the echo chamber claims it is. If people shut off their laptops and looked at the rest of the world, they'd realize just because they say it, doesn't make it happen. If we eliminate the concept that ideas can be owned, where does that leave us, though? There's no copyright, no trademarks, no patents, and that brings us to a utopian ideal of communism. Problem is that people can't seem to function under that model. I keep hearing this argument that music should be free and writing should be free, and we are changing the definitions, but tell that to big pharma: they should open-source their drug research! Or Adobe should open-source all their code for Photoshop and Illustrator. It isn't really happening, but the echo chamber claims it is. If people shut off their laptops and looked at the rest of the world, they'd realize just because they say it, doesn't make it happen.

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