Comments on: NewsNow vs the Times: I’ve decided I’m not sympathetic http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/newsnow-times-not-sympathetic/ Where to find Malcolm Coles, reviews, and tips on how to do things I couldn't do. Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:22:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Malcolm Coles http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/newsnow-times-not-sympathetic/#comment-7101 Malcolm Coles Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:06:18 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=3793#comment-7101 Hi, Adam. Thanks for the comment - and sorry, I hadn't meant to imply that you republished the content. I meant show in the sense of point out rather than allow them to read. As you're here though, do you have any thoughts on my <a href="http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/times-newsnow-crawling-linking/" rel="nofollow">previous post</a> about the difference between the right to crawl and the right to link. Even if Meltwater wins the copyright tribunal case against the NLA, the papers' use of robots.txt files to block crawlers could render that victory redundant. Not that robots.txt files have the force of law or anything ... Hi, Adam. Thanks for the comment - and sorry, I hadn't meant to imply that you republished the content. I meant show in the sense of point out rather than allow them to read.

As you're here though, do you have any thoughts on my previous post about the difference between the right to crawl and the right to link.

Even if Meltwater wins the copyright tribunal case against the NLA, the papers' use of robots.txt files to block crawlers could render that victory redundant. Not that robots.txt files have the force of law or anything ...

]]> By: Adam Newby http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/newsnow-times-not-sympathetic/#comment-7100 Adam Newby Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:41:05 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=3793#comment-7100 Just to set the record straight: NewsNow does not "charge organisations to show them news stories". If our B2B customers want to read articles from The Times (or any other free-to-web publication), they can do so for free directly at the Times Online web site. So why would they pay us for the privilege? What they pay for is for our search service: for us to *find* articles for them. We don't republish content, we only publish links to that content. The distinction between 'free' and 'paid for' is in any case a spurious one: Google News provides an email alert facility, but they happen not to charge for it; our free web site is not really 'free', in that it is part funded by advertising. Just to set the record straight: NewsNow does not "charge organisations to show them news stories". If our B2B customers want to read articles from The Times (or any other free-to-web publication), they can do so for free directly at the Times Online web site. So why would they pay us for the privilege? What they pay for is for our search service: for us to *find* articles for them. We don't republish content, we only publish links to that content.

The distinction between 'free' and 'paid for' is in any case a spurious one: Google News provides an email alert facility, but they happen not to charge for it; our free web site is not really 'free', in that it is part funded by advertising.

]]> By: Freelance Unbound http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/newsnow-times-not-sympathetic/#comment-7083 Freelance Unbound Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:38:38 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=3793#comment-7083 It's interesting that NewsNow is doing just what the Times should be doing – packaging content in useful and valuable ways that people are willing to pay for. Perhaps the Times has learned the lesson and is paving the way for its own service... It's interesting that NewsNow is doing just what the Times should be doing – packaging content in useful and valuable ways that people are willing to pay for.

Perhaps the Times has learned the lesson and is paving the way for its own service...

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