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A Proposal For Unionizing Bloggers
mikesd81 writes "Coloumbia Journal Review writes about the possibility of unionizing bloggers. Chris Mooney writes 'Yes, dear reader: the Bloggers Guild of America may be on its way. The dispute between screen and television writers and media conglomerates has its roots, after all, in the Web.' He says, then, they get zero compensation for their products being distributed over the Internet. 'Bloggers often earn that same salary. There are exceptions, of course, those fortunate few who have become quasi-celebrities in their own right and found themselves, and their sites, snatched up by major media companies,' he goes on to say. He also adds that a bloggers guild could protect a blogger's intellectual property and help ensure they're compensated for it."
Its the best idea ever.
That way we can abuse their rights and they can go on strike!!!
liqbase
they get zero compensation for their products being distributed over the Internet
The vast majority of them earn every penny of that.
It's the hackers thatt need a union, what with all the negative publicity they get when they do naughty stuff.
;)
The Hackers Guild could then provide *protection* to the Bloggers Guild - for a small fee, of course...
"He Who Dares Wins"
I'm sure that the blogger in question was just being sarcastic... It would have been much more amusing if he also suggested that the people who leave comments should unionise into the Trolls Guild or something, though.
apterous.org
... they could just stop blogging if they are not getting paid for it and really want to be. Nobody would miss them, especially not those bloggers already making money. This self-important blabbering is great blog-content, but entirely uninteresting -- much like most blogs. What did your dog do today ?