What do the dead tree press hope to achieve

[righty]

Isn't this hypocritical when its they who are screaming about press freedoms Don't they want their stories disseminated amongst a wider public particularly active bloggers


Pinsett Masons
OUT-LAW Radio: Bloggers face mass news suits
09/09/2010: A company is causing a storm of controversy by acquiring the right to sue bloggers who repost newspaper articles online. Critics cry foul while targets of the suits look for the safety of settlements.

[Amethyst]

Re: What do the dead tree press hope to achieve

FT annoyed me by making me register to read stuff online, so I don't, and now the times have started charging £1.

At least the indy is still free - though they are starting to charge £1 for inbox alerts - hope they dont start on RSS feed charges.

[righty]

Re: What do the dead tree press hope to achieve

The DTP are being wiped out by the internet all of their sales are down We only buy a w/e paper relying on the web for our upto date news much of it instant

1st they tried to maintain their position by offering a web service & as that hasn't stopped the rot they are now trying to restrict the use of stories by bloggers silly sods