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Not Understanding the Internet

Posted By: demerzel 260 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.micahfk.com)
Category: Online Marketing

Sometimes the brightest people can come off as completely clueless and say the strangest things. This week’s winner goes to Aaron Wall at SEOBook about how a company could try to make money by limiting the number of people who can freely see buzz-worthy items, and then later charge people for it.

Now, I have to admit I already have a bias in that the Internet will be free and always open as people can create content for prestige or attention that in turn can lead to a job or money elsewhere.

So, what’s the problem then with the idea of a limited syndication model? Simple: you are already giving out something for free–which means anyone can pick it up and freely distribute it elsewhere.

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from seobook 260 days ago #

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Sure people can steal. They do that offline too. Just because something was ONCE freely available does not mean that you relinquish copyright.

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