Re:CrunchPad Federal Lawsuit Filed; Some Additional Thoughts
by scott_s on Friday December 11, 2009 @03:29PM
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It's also clearly him talking about his own project. I think it's reasonable to expect him to talk about it positively, or at least in ways that won't harm himself.
If he tried to pretend it was not his own project, then that would be wrong.
Re:CrunchPad Federal Lawsuit Filed; Some Additional Thoughts
by pavs on Friday December 11, 2009 @03:59PM
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I am not disagreeing with that. I am disagreeing with the analogy that a journalist going to a talk show to talk about his book being the same as Arrington using TC to talk about his product.
Re:CrunchPad Federal Lawsuit Filed; Some Additional Thoughts
by scott_s on Friday December 11, 2009 @04:02PM
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Fine, then just pretend I said a journalist who used his own column to highlight points in his book.
Re:CrunchPad Federal Lawsuit Filed; Some Additional Thoughts
by pavs on Friday December 11, 2009 @04:09PM
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A journalist would never use his own column to highlight points in his book. At least not someone whom you would refer to as an ethical journalist.
Point being, Arrington is not a journalist in any stretch of imagination.
Re:CrunchPad Federal Lawsuit Filed; Some Additional Thoughts
by scott_s on Friday December 11, 2009 @04:21PM
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Articles which are abridged chapters from books appear in newspapers and magazines all the time. They are clearly attributed, and the understanding is that if you find the subject interesting, you can find more of it in the book.
This is not the same. If the journalist wrote about his book in his own column would be the same. Arrington didnt go to gigaom to talk about crunchpad, He is using his own platform to talk about his own project, for the last year or so. Most of the time good things about it.