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Re: Multimedia – let’s give credit where it is due

Rick Waghorn — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:07:10 -0000

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Re: Multimedia – let’s give credit where it is due

The Gromm — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:23:36 -0000

I agree Craig, it is a mind-set that needs to change. It even goes for freelance journalists having staff reporter names slapped on their work.

The stupid thing is it is so obvious, and I bet that more people have looked at backpackdave08's page than looked at any of the papers.

My view is simple, if you do the work you should expect credit. Use a CC licence if you want paying, or probably even better attributing.

I wonder if any of the organisations who ripped the video and put it in their own player have breached any laws? One for a Twitter question methinks.

Re: Multimedia – let’s give credit where it is due

Craig McGinty — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:51:29 -0000

So agree with you, but we are trying to break a mind-set that for years has seen newspapers gladly rip each other off and so crediting others is going to be quite a challenge for such organisations.

It was only a couple of months ago that Shiny Media wrote about Panorama not acknowledging their writers:

http://www.shinymedia.com/2...

And last month The Guardian couldn't bring themselves to link to the Telegraph after Prince Charles spoke about GM crops:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/c...