On Feb 18, 2008 2:34 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 11:52 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > > > I've actually done a bit of work in the area of web-to-print media > > and the situation is somewhat complex. While the inertia of habit > > certainly has a lot to do with peoples tendency to favor print, there > > are some other important considerations. Traditional print media is > > not under jurisdiction of DMCA, and as a whole the laws dealing with > > libel, etc. in print are more strict, so there are very real tangible > > reasons to consider print as more credible. > ---- > I simply don't connect libel laws and the burdens of proof requirements > when considering the differences between print & URL based sources as > any indicator or assurance of technical accuracy/credibility. Well there is, in both the case of DMCA/libel law AND durability factor that there is /more incentive/ to maintain a high level of veracity. > I don't > see how the issues intersect at all but rather see them as artifacts of > the fact that law evolves slowly. I think this issue was visited > recently when Andrew Thomas/Dennis Wilenchik tried to institute charges > against the New Times publisher/editor for publishing Sheriff Joe's home > address online which apparently still is on the books as a crime but not > in print. yes and people post that kind of information all the time on the net... and does anyone ever blow it up to that level? DMCA has a 'safe harbor' provision that essentially eliminates all liability for site owners in the case a user may infringe on libel law, etc. there is a bit of activity in this area right now... > ---- > > Secondly, print is > > /durable/ and whatever you put into print, you cannot change later, > > which also adds a lot to its credibility. > ---- > and yet, it is trivial to make exactly the opposite argument...that as > facts become known/better known/made clear/etc. that information does > indeed morph over time and becomes infinitely less valuable over time if > it is fixed in print. the question isn't really value Im raising here... its just how print works as opposed to net-based media. > ---- > > as far as Wikipedia goes, there are a lot of unsung problems and > > grievances amongst the Wikipedia user community. Its not quite the > > paradise of information Jimbo Wales makes it out to be. :) > ---- > I have no knowledge of the amount of claims to inaccuracies of > wikipedia, nor to the extent or the grievousness of inaccuracies. it does seem that everyone has drunk the Wikipedia Kool-aid... I'll say this: there is a lot going on behind the curtain at Wikipedia. -jmz -- http://joshuazeidner.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss