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Actually, Chris’ characterization of copyright law isn’t quite accurate. Unless he’s planning to charge his daughter’s friends to attend the birthday party, he can read a book (or perform music, show a movie, etc) to his heart’s content. Here’s the relevant quote from US Copyright Law, title 17, section 110 “Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption [...]

Rebecca MacKinnon is talking about “young reporters that are just there for a few years while they work their way up the rungs”. Vacancies in Vacaville, from the American Journalism Review, talks more about that: Barney wants this symbiotic relationship to last two years, about the average stay for young reporters and copy editors who [...]

On screen now: “Insure content security with baked in Digital Rights Management.” Chris: What’s the point? Michael Silberman: I think DRM could be used to keep people from stealing, and get them to pay for content. And it could be used to facilitate the making of content. No. Not. DRM for news? Okay, your content [...]

Tim Porter’s got comments on on First Draft: “No one needs an editor. Reporters don’t. Bloggers don’t. Even other editors don’t. But last night I realized why I want an editor. I was too busy yesterday to keep up with all the intellectual activity at Mediamorphosis, an API Media Center conference underway in San Diego [...]

I’d like to revisit my comments from yesterday about the impact of rich media on news sites. Let’s not forget about the opportunity that multimedia gives us to reach, inspire and persuade our readers. Persuade them, that is, to be interested. Thought I’d share two new reader emails that arrived this morning. ———————- Subject: (Webmedia) [...]

Stuff we’re not talking about, things I value in a newspaper, views from a young member of your target audience. What about newspaper editorials & opinion pieces? They’re an important part of the paper, something that no other media really does. There’s tons of editorial and opinion online, but it doesn’t have as much thought [...]

Some folks at the conference asked about how they can post on this group blog: 1. Get an account–email smernit at aol dot com or come talk to me and we will set you up. 2. Post in the comments section under a post you want to talk about.

80 people in the room, laptops open. Dale and Andrew ask: So how do you like the conversation so far? There isn’t much holding back. Some comments: William Weiss: We need to remember that the technology is strictly an incident…It’s the knowledge of new consumers that matter in building these businesses. Leah Gentry: I am [...]

API President and Executive Director Andrew Davis gave this presentation yesterday afternoon. He doesn’t get it, though he is a great speaker in a way, polished, professional, at home in front of all these people. But he showed us slides that were so boring none of us at the blogging table watched, though I did [...]

Dale Peskin is reflecting on the conference-so-far. Some quotes: “Yesterday, we compiled a lot of ideas – they came into us, came out of us. This morning, we’re going to try to make sense of these ideas. That’s the first step to doing something with these ideas.” “I loved the Fred Friendly conversation – entertaining, [...]

This conversation, I believe, is talking a few levels above those it’s talking about. It’s not this complicated. This is an age of interactivity. Everything must allow for a staggering amount of user control. Computers come in different colors, telephones plan your schedule, palm pilots play your music and so forth. The critical part of [...]

A relaxed dinner at an unexpectedly fancy restaurant with fellow conference participants. Then hanging out in the bar with waves of other attendees coming back from their dinners. A collection of comments on the day: –I’m tired of talking about media vs. blogs–that derailed other points at the conference. –Are we stuck on this topic [...]

(the following post was given to me by Chris Waddle, VP/News of The Anniston Star and President of The Ayers Family Institute for Community Journalism. He can be reached at chris_36207 at hotmail.com Good as this conference is, Mediamorphosis neglects the beauty of community journalism. Heartland media – print and broadcast – present a ready [...]

It’s eeearly. There aren’t many people in the conference salon yet. They’re playing silly neutral music, people are checking email, munching/drinking a little breakfast, setting up. Speculating more about Media Minds Meld yesterday afternoon (my earlier post)… Maybe the WebIQ brainstorming sessions aren’t such a new media thing – brainstorming is a part of old [...]

This in from Lars Jespersen, NORDJYSKE Media Well, trust is the big chance for media. There is so much information out there, so many sources and people hasn’t got a chance trying to sort out, which is to be trusted. Media can help them navigate, provide them with the tools and information to cope with [...]