From: Frederick Noronha >I would personally like to reduce my >clicking-and-browsing online and prefer > to get as much information as possible >in one place. At the end of the day, it also >boils down to whether I want readers to be > glued onto Goanet, or whether you would >want them to visit your website, I guess :-)
RESPONSE: You are tap-dancing your way around the issues! Of course I am envious of GoaNet claimed subscriber base of 10,000+:-) But that is not the issue. The New York Times does not permit copying of full text. Currently we are witnessing regular copying of full text from the Times of India. That too is a violation of copyright. I had hoped that suggesting a model code of practice would lead to adoption of guidelines by GoaNet. If GoaNet Admin. condones and even encourages copying and posting of full text, it could have legal repercussions. But it is not just a legal issue. Take a concrete example. Herald now has an e-paper which is free and needs to be encouraged. Using the site will bring added exposure of the advertisements there. If articles are copied and posted from there in their entirety, the GoaNet readership will feel that they do not need to go to the resource as anything of importance will be brought to them in its entirety. If the usage of the e-paper is low, the facility could be withdrawn as in the case of the Times of India (Goa). Would that be in our interests? Do ethical issues matter? Time to break into the foxtrot :-) Eddie Fernandes www.goanvoice.org.uk * * * The book people are already talking about: Goanetter Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness*. Launch on July 25, 2010 at the UK Goan Festival [http://goafest.itpsworld.net] Goa launch next month. See http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ Buy at Broadway's, Panjim [Ph 9822488564] at Rs 295 in Goa. Overseas, postage extra. * * *
