Hi - I am the President of Reuters Media. There has been an active discussion of the issues and events described here on twitter and I invite anyone to post their thoughts/ideas either directly to me @cjahearn or #reutersideas via twitter. In a recent post I said I agreed with the statement at the bottom of the post here.
So let me be clear here - put simply - please feel free to link to our stories either on the www.reuters.com network of sites around the world or (if they allow it) any of our news agency clients who also post our stories.
Fundamentally, I believe in the link economy (and how it underpins how the internet works). I do believe that producers of content should have ways of being paid - directly through licensing, via links that generate advertising/audience opportunities or via traffic sharing opportunities. I believe it is important to economies and how the world understands what is happening.
I don't pretend to have all the answers (no one does). I think quality matters. I think what we do provides value to our clients and to our readers/viewers (I thank both groups for trusting us). I think that abstracting and referencing our content (with links) is fine. I think that copying ideas/ text with the intent to create a for profit service without licensing or a bd relationship is wrong. Clearly the line becomes fuzzy at some point- that said it is in everybody's best interest to do the right thing.
I am not posting this anonymously. I am who I say I am. I welcome your comments. You can reach me at chris.ahearn@thomsonreuters.com as well.
Chris
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why I believe in the link economy
Mike - this is in my words as opposed to yours but I think has the same sentiment - if you disagree or agree with the direction, kindly let me know.
http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/
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Hi - I am the President of Reuters Media. There has been an active discussion of the issues and events described here on twitter and I invite anyone to post their thoughts/ideas either directly to me @cjahearn or #reutersideas via twitter. In a recent post I said I agreed with the statement at the bottom of the post here.
So let me be clear here - put simply - please feel free to link to our stories either on the www.reuters.com network of sites around the world or (if they allow it) any of our news agency clients who also post our stories.
Fundamentally, I believe in the link economy (and how it underpins how the internet works). I do believe that producers of content should have ways of being paid - directly through licensing, via links that generate advertising/audience opportunities or via traffic sharing opportunities. I believe it is important to economies and how the world understands what is happening.
I don't pretend to have all the answers (no one does). I think quality matters. I think what we do provides value to our clients and to our readers/viewers (I thank both groups for trusting us). I think that abstracting and referencing our content (with links) is fine. I think that copying ideas/ text with the intent to create a for profit service without licensing or a bd relationship is wrong. Clearly the line becomes fuzzy at some point- that said it is in everybody's best interest to do the right thing.
I am not posting this anonymously. I am who I say I am. I welcome your comments. You can reach me at chris.ahearn@thomsonreuters.com as well.
Chris