Posted Monday September 18, 2006 at 03:37 PM
- Belgium Tells Google What It Can Do With Those Waffles: Google had better stop republishing Belgian newspaper content without paying for it, or else the Belgian Court of First Instance will fine it $1.27 million — per day. You do not want to see the Belgian Court of First Instance mad, my friend. Oh, no you do not. [WSJ]
- Nancy Grace Is Not A Killer (even if she is a monster). Over at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick points out that Grace's tactics may be sleazy and bullying, but they're not going to drive someone to suicide; that's a decision they make on their own. [Slate]
- "Waiter, I'd like the Time Warner, Hold The Time." David Carr envisions the future of the media giant, doesn't really see magazines fitting in there. [NYT]
- No good news from Iraq, Part XXXVIII: Dexter Filkins says 98% of the country is off-limits to Western journalists, calls it "anarchy." So much for patting yourselves on the back for those free elections, eh? [E&P via Romenesko]
- Another day, another blogosphere-as-Wild-West analogy: Over at the CBS Public Eye blog, Judy Muller notes that online outlaw think they can just "repurpose" content willy-nilly, but where she comes from, that's plagiarism, varmint. [Public Eye]
- "Judy Muller shook her head and frowned. 'Dammit, where I come from that's plagiarism,' she said. Sighing deeply, she threw herself across the divan, ringing for her manservant Roderigo. Roderigo would make everything better, she thought, smiling at the memory of their last encounter." Just how far does fan fiction go, asks the WSJ? Too far, according to some writers, and probably now to Judy Muller. [WSJ]
