Re: [syndication] "Ruling May Mean Trouble for Web Aggregators"

[burtonator <burton@relativity.yi.org>]

Dave Winer wrote:
> 
> Carmen, this subject came up at WWW9 in the web publishing track.
> 
> David Galbraith of Moreover.Com said that some of the companies they're
> scraping pay them to do it.
> 
> They also received an investment from an interesting company, not sure if
> this is public, but when it does come public you'll see that their
> technology probably does have a future.
> 
> Imho, it's a bootstrap, a proof of concept for a business model, and once
> the publishers tune into it, they'll support it directly. Kind of like
> Napster, but more quiet, which is cool.

That is a good point.  It is kind of controversial but really only if
used wrong.  Just like Napster :)

What I don't think that a lot of companies get is that for most
applications, banner ads, etc are overkill for mobile devices.  However,
if companies like CNN, Slashdot, etc start to realize that they will
never really make $ of think content that this thing will take off.  The
whole point is to extend their brand into areas that aren't profitable
anyway and use this to build a brand.  After all just because CNN might
not like it just makes this an opportunity for MSNBC to embrace. :)

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