Wonderful reading.

This could fill up a week or so of evenings. Just what I need in the middle of trying to get the taxes done ...

Papers. New Applications of Knowledge Organisation Systems JoDI: Journal of Digital Information Editorial: New Applications of Knowledge Organization Systems: introduction to... [Raw]

9:11:23 AM    

On Friday, Linux Today posted an excerpt with a link to a story on CMP Media LLC's Information Week. Later that day, Managing Editor Brian Proffitt of Linux Today learned that Information Week was blocking inbound referrals from Linux Today.

Beyond the obvious issue of why block Linux Today, especially, as Proffitt has noted, when they are sending traffic to Information Week's site, note that this is another instance of where authors/content owners are implementing IP practices which are not in the public's interest (see The Devil Is in the Details). Also, note that Information Week is doing so seemingly on the basis of a fair use violation. The message users receive when visiting Information Week from Linux Today says, as Proffitt states,

The crux of the message on CMP's blocking page reads: "Unfortunately, we cannot satisfy this particular request because it comes from a source that is not authorized to redistribute our content..."

Proffitt says that Linux Today takes care to make only fair use of other texts when quoting from other news sources. What I want to know is does the public have a right based in fair use when a content provider makes a claim which denies fair use? Which leads to can someone sue a content owner for not providing fair use access? Fair use, after all, is in Title 17.

9:03:43 AM