[HCDX] Journalism is more than news

[Mika Makelainen <mika@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Montgomery wrote:

> You must have read something different than I did.  I reported reading
the
> fact that Cameroon was coming on line and where I read it.  I did not
report
> without giving credit ... I thought it being dx season most would be
> interested in this info and decided to post it.  I did not steal
anything.

I was not talking about you nor any other case about simple news items.
I am sorry if it seemed so, it was not intended. I was talking *only*
about copying entire articles (and photographs) without permission. And
I didn't refer to any concrete incident aside from MWN copying my
article. I definitely don't want to make a fuss about dealing with news
items, however it is done. I support efforts to distribute DX-related
news items for free (but giving due credit) on the Internet, and I'm
doing the same myself. I just wanted to point out that journalistic
products are something different from simple news.

73s
Mika Makelainen
Finland

PS. To get this comment posted... here's some DX news for a change: KLBB
St. Paul MN 1400 kHz has verified by snail mail. No verie signer in the
letter, but nice magnetic stickers. SASE included and used. Address: 331
11th St. South, Minneapolis, MN 55404. Simulcasting on 1470, no known
web site nor email. - This is a piece of news, but it's not journalism.
So yes, you may quote, borrow, edit... ;-)   Source? Yours truly.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mika Makelainen" <mika@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 3:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [HCDX] getting a life anyone?
>
> > Robert Foxworth wrote:
> >
> > > Any big news organization would have similar policies and no one
> complains, but
> > > it seems some DXers feel they are exempt from what basically is
just
> > > common courtesy, and they have no problem with taking news from
other
> > > sources,
> >
> > And not only news, unfortunately. "Medium Wave News" published my
article
> > "Peruvian elections - radio round" this past summer without
permission. A
> > fairly large article, as many HCDX readers know, taken from my
website
> > "Freeze! DXing Arctic Style" - the source was not mentioned, even
though my
> > name was. I discovered the copyright violation by
> > accident, apparently they had no intention of informing me about it,
not
> > even afterwards. There is a word for it: theft.
> >
> > Since were are on the copyright issue, being a journalist, I would
like to
> > remind other publishers that articles, photographs and other
*journalistic*
> > content is fully protected by copyright. I have run into an excuse
that if
> > something is on the Internet, it is "apparently in the public
domain". Not
> > true: as to copyright, Net sites should be treated
> > like any printed publication: you may quote, partially, if you can
> > demonstrate a reason to do so, and if you provide full credit, but
you may
> > not copy the entire product - without prior permission. I'm not
talking
> > about short individual news items, but journalistic products.
> >
> > If you are an editor of any DX publication: do ask first. As for the

> > article in question, and other similar ones, a better way (at least
in the
> > wired Western world) would be to point your readers to the original
source -
> > which remains free for anyone to access. In this case,
> > http://www.makelainen.com/dx/index.htm. Or print the URL of whatever
site
> > you think your readers will enjoy.
> >
> > 73
> > Mika Makelainen
> > Finland


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