CNN is reportedly suing a man who claims to be one of its iReporters. If you're unfamiliar with iReport, it's CNN's citizen journalism site. This is a destination where regular people can submit news stories, and if CNN deems them worthy, they may pick them up for mainstream coverage. One such person has been going around giving himself titles like iReporter for CNN, and the news organization evidently doesn't like that.
Amra Tareen, CEO of Allvoices, which also blends citizen journalism with mainstream news coverage gave WebProNews the following statement on the matter:
"The world of journalism and news is changing before our eyes. As an industry, we are able to reach small villages around the world as well as untold stories right here in the U.S. But the sites that host these communities have to be smart and use the technology, editors and community they host, to separate the wheat from the chaff."
"We are empowering people to report for the nation and for the world – these contributors/reporters should be able to identify themselves as such and claim that title," adds Tareen. "It's up to the CNNs of the world to help readers understand what is legit and what is not, not rely on lawsuits to do the work."
The man CNN is reportedly suing is named Robert Paisola. His blog is titled "Robert Paisola: The Life of a CNN I Reporter". According to the Hollywood Reporter, he had a CNN logo on his Twitter account (though this is not present anymore), and has CNN in his Twitter bio (Hat Tip: BI).
Robert Paisola Twitter account - Includes CNN in bio
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Are You Blogging Within Your Fair Use Rights? Fair Use Rooted in 1st Amendment
With all of the struggles and controversies surrounding the news industry these days, there is a lot of confusion out there about what falls under fair use and what doesn't. The more savvy bloggers who have been in the game for a while usually have a better grasp on the concept, but there are still plenty of others who aren't so well versed. After all, anyone can start a blog, and not everyone comes from a news or legal background.
Do you every worry about quoting major media sources? Discuss here.
At SXSW last month, WebProNews spoke with Pat Aufderheide, the Executive Director for the Center of Social Media at American University, who has worked with the university's law school on developing best practices for fair use, and Attorney Michael Donaldson of the law firm Donaldson & Callif.
"Fair use is part of copyright law, and it says you have the right to use other people's copyrighted material without licensing it, without paying for it, or even asking them permission under some circumstances," said Aufderheide. "The law itself is rather vague, so the question is , 'how do you interpret that law?'"
Good thing we had a lawyer present. "Fair use is rooted in the first amendment," said Donaldson. "So if you're telling a story, and you need or want, and it's reasonable to use little pieces of other people's stuff to tell that story, that's protected as a first amendment right."
"If you keep in mind the first amendment origins of fair use, you'll have a good starting point," he added.
According to Aufderheide, one thing judges will ask is "did you use this for a different purpose than the original or are you merely taking something that somebody's actually selling, and getting it for free?" Basically - are you taking market value from them?
In the case of news and blogging, she says some of the traditional media sites have legitimate issues legally, but not always. She equates a great deal of the pushback from traditional media to hysteria over a dying business model. If you take a whole article from the Washington Post for example, and put it on your site, you're taking what belongs to them and taking market value from them. This is basically plagiarism anyway. On the other hand. However...
"Bloggers have a perfect right to quote in context, and to say 'the Washington Post said this' and 'here's how the Times covered it', and here's a link to the whole article if you want to look at that," says Aufderheide. "And they have a perfect right as well to quote pictures, images, and to link to video on a commercial site that is producing that stuff, once again within context. What is it that they're doing that is different from the original site? And then I think bloggers are doing just fine, and they're employing their fair use rights just like scholars do every day when they quote several previous scholars and write in their articles that these previous scholars didn't know what they were talking about when they said x, y, and z, and I'm right."
Donaldson added that "there’s no first amendment right to steal something and make money off it," and to just keep in mind those 1st amendment origins of fair use law.
Watch the video above for a great deal more insight into the fair use issue.
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Do you every worry about quoting major media sources? Discuss here.
At SXSW last month, WebProNews spoke with Pat Aufderheide, the Executive Director for the Center of Social Media at American University, who has worked with the university's law school on developing best practices for fair use, and Attorney Michael Donaldson of the law firm Donaldson & Callif.
"Fair use is part of copyright law, and it says you have the right to use other people's copyrighted material without licensing it, without paying for it, or even asking them permission under some circumstances," said Aufderheide. "The law itself is rather vague, so the question is , 'how do you interpret that law?'"
Good thing we had a lawyer present. "Fair use is rooted in the first amendment," said Donaldson. "So if you're telling a story, and you need or want, and it's reasonable to use little pieces of other people's stuff to tell that story, that's protected as a first amendment right."
"If you keep in mind the first amendment origins of fair use, you'll have a good starting point," he added.
According to Aufderheide, one thing judges will ask is "did you use this for a different purpose than the original or are you merely taking something that somebody's actually selling, and getting it for free?" Basically - are you taking market value from them?
In the case of news and blogging, she says some of the traditional media sites have legitimate issues legally, but not always. She equates a great deal of the pushback from traditional media to hysteria over a dying business model. If you take a whole article from the Washington Post for example, and put it on your site, you're taking what belongs to them and taking market value from them. This is basically plagiarism anyway. On the other hand. However...
"Bloggers have a perfect right to quote in context, and to say 'the Washington Post said this' and 'here's how the Times covered it', and here's a link to the whole article if you want to look at that," says Aufderheide. "And they have a perfect right as well to quote pictures, images, and to link to video on a commercial site that is producing that stuff, once again within context. What is it that they're doing that is different from the original site? And then I think bloggers are doing just fine, and they're employing their fair use rights just like scholars do every day when they quote several previous scholars and write in their articles that these previous scholars didn't know what they were talking about when they said x, y, and z, and I'm right."
Donaldson added that "there’s no first amendment right to steal something and make money off it," and to just keep in mind those 1st amendment origins of fair use law.
Watch the video above for a great deal more insight into the fair use issue.
By Chris Crum
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EU to assess ash cloud's impact on air transport
European Commission representatives are to establish an working group to examine the economic impact on air transport, and other sectors, from the Icelandic volcanic ash threat.
Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso says the transport commissioner Siim Kallas will co-ordinate the group which will "fully assess" the effects of the ash cloud, particularly on the air travel industry.
In a statement the Commission says it wants to ensure it has "the right analysis to be able to respond appropriately, if needed".
"The volcanic ash cloud has created an unprecedented situation," says Barroso. "It is important that all measures to be considered are co-ordinated at the European level."
He indicates that an extraordinary meeting of the European transport council could be convened, and the ad hoc group - assisted by the European competition and economic commissioners - will work with Eurocontrol and other national authorities to keep track of the airspace closures.
By David Kaminski-Morrow
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Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso says the transport commissioner Siim Kallas will co-ordinate the group which will "fully assess" the effects of the ash cloud, particularly on the air travel industry.
In a statement the Commission says it wants to ensure it has "the right analysis to be able to respond appropriately, if needed".
"The volcanic ash cloud has created an unprecedented situation," says Barroso. "It is important that all measures to be considered are co-ordinated at the European level."
He indicates that an extraordinary meeting of the European transport council could be convened, and the ad hoc group - assisted by the European competition and economic commissioners - will work with Eurocontrol and other national authorities to keep track of the airspace closures.
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How To Eat Cheaply and Mindfully
This month is responsible consumption month at the IDP, and one area where we all make choices (consciously or not) in the area of responsible consumption is when we eat -several times a day. There's an oft-cited statistic that the reason many people choose fast-food over home prepared food is that the food is so much cheaper - you can feed a family of four for $10 to $12 quickly on fast food, but to cook at home is supposed to be expensive and time-consuming.
Fortunately, this is simply not true. Millions of people already know - and thousands of more are discovering every day - that cooking at home is not only cheaper and faster than the time and money spent driving to and waiting for fast food, it's a way to reconnect with things that matter. There's some great resources online that can help you get started affordably and I want to highlight some of them today.
Throughout all of this it is important to remember that what we call "organic food" used to be what we called "food" until about sixty years ago, when an enormous amount of money was spent to convince us that food had to go through various chemical baths in order to make it healthy and efficient. It may take some time to unravel six decades of "chemical food" being labelled "food" (and sold at a discount), and "food" being labelled "organic food" (and sold at a premium), so the simplest way to think of it is: "organic food" is what we used to call "food".
In a minute I'll give you some great resources to start or continue your own journey towards more responsible consumption of food, but first I wanted to define what "responsible consumption" means to me around food. Please keep in mind that responsible consumption is a continuum - it's not all or nothing. You aren't going to be "responsible" 100% of the time - no one is. Just beginning with considering what responsible consumption means to you is enough - everything else will unfold in its own way, and in its own time (not necessarily on the method and timetable you "decide" it should). Because that is how the universe works.
Jerry's ideas of what responsible consumption means for food:
1. You are responsible for your own health and the health of those around you. This translates not only to making choices between "healthy" and "unhealthy" food, but extends to your larger community as well. Eating and breathing are literally the only times you actively take in pieces of the "outside world" and make them part of "you". You make a choice every time you ingest something - what it contains physically and energetically, how it got to you and who handled it along the way, what conditions were like where it was picked or prepared. Following back for a week or a month something as simple as a strawberry, hamburger, or bowl of pasta can unravel a chain of people, places, pesticides, fertilizers, polluted water and destroyed communities. Or it can unravel a history of fairly treated workers, careful stewardship of the land, non-toxic growing methods, protected waterways, and farmers sustaining themselves.
2. You are responsible for your future. Along with everyone around you, your actions in the present moment are creating not only the present moment but setting up the likely outcomes in the future. Although small acts of "food rebellion" may seem meaningless in the bigger context of the world, it is a series of small choices and questions that add up to a revised future. You have no idea how powerful you are and how much power each choice you make has - and I mean that both colloquially (as in "man, you are really powerful") and literally (as in "you can never tell which specific act is the one that inspires another person").
3. You are responsible for your wallet. Responsible consumption can include being responsible for your finances; and it also includes "voting with your dollar". Keeping your financial house in order has fallen out of fashion in the past decade, but it's coming back into vogue. It's cool to take care of your money and make sure that you and yours are provided for now and tomorrow. For those who've always minded their financial situation this isn't breaking news, but for a lot of people the idea of living within your means sounds like it means they won't get what they are "entitled" to. Many people have either been frightened away by the high price of "organic food" or choose to buy it even though it is beyond their budget. There's also a "long run" cost - even if you think you are saving a few dollars now, the long-run cost to your own health (both real, physical costs and actual financial costs) and your environment far exceed any savings. But that whole issue goes out the window once you start cooking more, and cooking stuff that's yummy and good for you too.
Fortunately, the confluence of renewed interest in non-processed food and the slow recovery of the economy mean there's an increasing number of practical resources exploring the intersection between eating mindfully and spending wisely.
[linda_in_apron_200] 1. Cook For Good Linda Watson has put together an incredible resource at Cook for Good, with everything from cookbooks to nutritional information, all focused on how you can eat amazing, organic food for less than a food stamp budget. Linda is a real advocate for eating in a way that is family-friendly, wallet-friendly, and planet-friendly. She's got free shopping lists, menus, and monthly meal plans, and she's even on tour giving lessons and lectures. She's also got some more than reasonably priced eBooks you can buy, which help support her efforts and will give you even more information about how to change your cooking and eating habits with a minimum of effort. Cook For Good is my favorite practical food resource on the internet, and you'll understand why after spending just a few minutes there.
[trent] 2. The Simple Dollar Trent Hamm has one of (if not the) best guides on the internet to the real specifics of how to live a full life within your means. He's borderline guru status at this point, and digging around his site by favorite articles or categories will absolutely inspire you to reconnect with the things that matter most (and it just so happens that you'll save money on the way). The link above is specifically to his "food" category, and you'll find not just recipes but ideas about entertaining, lunches for kids, and philosophies of mindful consumption. Though Trent doesn't necessarily advocate organic, and uses more meat in his recipes than Linda, you can easily adapt any of his suggestions (and many of them are already "adapted" for you). There's really no better place than The Simple Dollar to get great advice about minding your money in a way that doesn't feel like you're making a sacrifice, and there's a great community built up there as well.
[JK] 3. Three Dollar Dinner I created the Three Dollar Dinner cookbook last year after doing a ton of research (and cooking) for a television show idea that didn't happen - so I poured all that info into a cookbook designed specifically to help others cook quick, organic meals at home, dorm, or wherever for less than the cost of fast food. It includes organic basics, weekly menus with exact shopping lists, and recipes with total prep time, cost, and calories. It's available for immediate download (for a whopping 99¢). I suggest you start with Cook For Good and if you want another resource, try my cookbook.
4. Mark Bittman. Mark is the food columnist for the New York Times, and is a huge advocate for a return to what might be called "Cooking Like Grandma". He believes in fresh ingredients combined in surprising ways, and his New York Times blog Bitten is an incredible resource for everything from food safety, organic cooking, new ideas for cooking at home, and food policy. Of course you'll also hear about the latest/greatest hamburger in New York and some of Mark's food tours, but it's his ability to have a holistic look at the food universe that makes him such a compelling read. If you want to spend the money on a cookbook, Bittman's book Food Matters is the one I'd start with - it's packed with inspiring information as well as excellent recipes written in his simple, easy to follow style. But you could certainly start with just following "Bitten" and you'll get plenty of recipes and inspiration there.
Those are the four places I'd start for affordable, practical inspiration about how to start or deepen your commitment to responsible food consumption in a way that respects your "real life" and your wallet.
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Fortunately, this is simply not true. Millions of people already know - and thousands of more are discovering every day - that cooking at home is not only cheaper and faster than the time and money spent driving to and waiting for fast food, it's a way to reconnect with things that matter. There's some great resources online that can help you get started affordably and I want to highlight some of them today.
Throughout all of this it is important to remember that what we call "organic food" used to be what we called "food" until about sixty years ago, when an enormous amount of money was spent to convince us that food had to go through various chemical baths in order to make it healthy and efficient. It may take some time to unravel six decades of "chemical food" being labelled "food" (and sold at a discount), and "food" being labelled "organic food" (and sold at a premium), so the simplest way to think of it is: "organic food" is what we used to call "food".
In a minute I'll give you some great resources to start or continue your own journey towards more responsible consumption of food, but first I wanted to define what "responsible consumption" means to me around food. Please keep in mind that responsible consumption is a continuum - it's not all or nothing. You aren't going to be "responsible" 100% of the time - no one is. Just beginning with considering what responsible consumption means to you is enough - everything else will unfold in its own way, and in its own time (not necessarily on the method and timetable you "decide" it should). Because that is how the universe works.
Jerry's ideas of what responsible consumption means for food:
1. You are responsible for your own health and the health of those around you. This translates not only to making choices between "healthy" and "unhealthy" food, but extends to your larger community as well. Eating and breathing are literally the only times you actively take in pieces of the "outside world" and make them part of "you". You make a choice every time you ingest something - what it contains physically and energetically, how it got to you and who handled it along the way, what conditions were like where it was picked or prepared. Following back for a week or a month something as simple as a strawberry, hamburger, or bowl of pasta can unravel a chain of people, places, pesticides, fertilizers, polluted water and destroyed communities. Or it can unravel a history of fairly treated workers, careful stewardship of the land, non-toxic growing methods, protected waterways, and farmers sustaining themselves.
2. You are responsible for your future. Along with everyone around you, your actions in the present moment are creating not only the present moment but setting up the likely outcomes in the future. Although small acts of "food rebellion" may seem meaningless in the bigger context of the world, it is a series of small choices and questions that add up to a revised future. You have no idea how powerful you are and how much power each choice you make has - and I mean that both colloquially (as in "man, you are really powerful") and literally (as in "you can never tell which specific act is the one that inspires another person").
3. You are responsible for your wallet. Responsible consumption can include being responsible for your finances; and it also includes "voting with your dollar". Keeping your financial house in order has fallen out of fashion in the past decade, but it's coming back into vogue. It's cool to take care of your money and make sure that you and yours are provided for now and tomorrow. For those who've always minded their financial situation this isn't breaking news, but for a lot of people the idea of living within your means sounds like it means they won't get what they are "entitled" to. Many people have either been frightened away by the high price of "organic food" or choose to buy it even though it is beyond their budget. There's also a "long run" cost - even if you think you are saving a few dollars now, the long-run cost to your own health (both real, physical costs and actual financial costs) and your environment far exceed any savings. But that whole issue goes out the window once you start cooking more, and cooking stuff that's yummy and good for you too.
Fortunately, the confluence of renewed interest in non-processed food and the slow recovery of the economy mean there's an increasing number of practical resources exploring the intersection between eating mindfully and spending wisely.
[linda_in_apron_200] 1. Cook For Good Linda Watson has put together an incredible resource at Cook for Good, with everything from cookbooks to nutritional information, all focused on how you can eat amazing, organic food for less than a food stamp budget. Linda is a real advocate for eating in a way that is family-friendly, wallet-friendly, and planet-friendly. She's got free shopping lists, menus, and monthly meal plans, and she's even on tour giving lessons and lectures. She's also got some more than reasonably priced eBooks you can buy, which help support her efforts and will give you even more information about how to change your cooking and eating habits with a minimum of effort. Cook For Good is my favorite practical food resource on the internet, and you'll understand why after spending just a few minutes there.
[trent] 2. The Simple Dollar Trent Hamm has one of (if not the) best guides on the internet to the real specifics of how to live a full life within your means. He's borderline guru status at this point, and digging around his site by favorite articles or categories will absolutely inspire you to reconnect with the things that matter most (and it just so happens that you'll save money on the way). The link above is specifically to his "food" category, and you'll find not just recipes but ideas about entertaining, lunches for kids, and philosophies of mindful consumption. Though Trent doesn't necessarily advocate organic, and uses more meat in his recipes than Linda, you can easily adapt any of his suggestions (and many of them are already "adapted" for you). There's really no better place than The Simple Dollar to get great advice about minding your money in a way that doesn't feel like you're making a sacrifice, and there's a great community built up there as well.
[JK] 3. Three Dollar Dinner I created the Three Dollar Dinner cookbook last year after doing a ton of research (and cooking) for a television show idea that didn't happen - so I poured all that info into a cookbook designed specifically to help others cook quick, organic meals at home, dorm, or wherever for less than the cost of fast food. It includes organic basics, weekly menus with exact shopping lists, and recipes with total prep time, cost, and calories. It's available for immediate download (for a whopping 99¢). I suggest you start with Cook For Good and if you want another resource, try my cookbook.
4. Mark Bittman. Mark is the food columnist for the New York Times, and is a huge advocate for a return to what might be called "Cooking Like Grandma". He believes in fresh ingredients combined in surprising ways, and his New York Times blog Bitten is an incredible resource for everything from food safety, organic cooking, new ideas for cooking at home, and food policy. Of course you'll also hear about the latest/greatest hamburger in New York and some of Mark's food tours, but it's his ability to have a holistic look at the food universe that makes him such a compelling read. If you want to spend the money on a cookbook, Bittman's book Food Matters is the one I'd start with - it's packed with inspiring information as well as excellent recipes written in his simple, easy to follow style. But you could certainly start with just following "Bitten" and you'll get plenty of recipes and inspiration there.
Those are the four places I'd start for affordable, practical inspiration about how to start or deepen your commitment to responsible food consumption in a way that respects your "real life" and your wallet.
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Taliban claim victory after US leaves 'Valley of Death'
KABUL, Taliban militants on Thursday claimed victory after the US military withdrew this week from a rebel-infested area in eastern Afghanistan that became known as the 'Valley of Death’.
Troops pulled back from Korengal, a rugged mountainous region in Kunar province bordering Pakistan, as part of what NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said was its new "repositioning" strategy.
The commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, US General Stanley McChrystal, is looking to concentrate his counter-insurgency campaign against the Taliban in more populated areas.
"The move does not prevent forces from rapidly responding, as necessary, to crises there in Korengal and in other parts of the region, as well," ISAF commander General David Rodriguez said in a statement.
But an Afghan defence official said withdrawal could play into the hands of the Taliban, who have been fighting an increasingly deadly war against the foreign forces who ousted them from power in late 2001.
"Not only Korengal but any area that is abandoned is good for the Taliban. The enemy benefits from it. They can mass there, they can benefit from the population there," the official told AFP, requesting anonymity.
The Taliban, the main insurgent group that controls several districts in southern and eastern parts of the country, were quick to seize on the US withdrawal, after years of fierce fighting in the sparsely populated valley.
"It's a great victory for us," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.
"The area is very, very important for us. Its mountains provide us a good hideout, it can be used as a training ground and lead our operations across the region from there," he said.
"US troops fled under our constant attacks." The withdrawal coincides with a gradual increase in foreign forces in Afghanistan before a planned military push against the Taliban in their spiritual heartland of Kandahar, in the south of the country.
Troops levels are expected to increase from the current 126,000 to 150,000 in the coming months.
Pak Watan
April 17, 2010
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Troops pulled back from Korengal, a rugged mountainous region in Kunar province bordering Pakistan, as part of what NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said was its new "repositioning" strategy.
The commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, US General Stanley McChrystal, is looking to concentrate his counter-insurgency campaign against the Taliban in more populated areas.
"The move does not prevent forces from rapidly responding, as necessary, to crises there in Korengal and in other parts of the region, as well," ISAF commander General David Rodriguez said in a statement.
But an Afghan defence official said withdrawal could play into the hands of the Taliban, who have been fighting an increasingly deadly war against the foreign forces who ousted them from power in late 2001.
"Not only Korengal but any area that is abandoned is good for the Taliban. The enemy benefits from it. They can mass there, they can benefit from the population there," the official told AFP, requesting anonymity.
The Taliban, the main insurgent group that controls several districts in southern and eastern parts of the country, were quick to seize on the US withdrawal, after years of fierce fighting in the sparsely populated valley.
"It's a great victory for us," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.
"The area is very, very important for us. Its mountains provide us a good hideout, it can be used as a training ground and lead our operations across the region from there," he said.
"US troops fled under our constant attacks." The withdrawal coincides with a gradual increase in foreign forces in Afghanistan before a planned military push against the Taliban in their spiritual heartland of Kandahar, in the south of the country.
Troops levels are expected to increase from the current 126,000 to 150,000 in the coming months.
Pak Watan
April 17, 2010
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