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Date Posted: 09:37:12 04/05/04 Mon
Author: James Wigington
Subject: Re: Week10 - Topic #1 - R17 by Coyle/She's Wrong
In reply to: John Murray 's message, "Re: Week10 - Topic #1 - R17 by Coyle/She's Wrong" on 17:34:57 04/04/04 Sun

John, I normally agree with what you say, but no here. THe post, yes, they do have expenses. But if the post can give current articles (Usaually up to three days worth) of article for free, as does the Charlotte Observer or Miami Harold or even the (gasps) New York Post (Although how can they charge people to read thier crappy, cartoonish sports section), how can the dallas morning news justify charging people to read thier online newspaper version of all sports articles.
They are simply taking advantage of Dallas Cowboys fans like myself who don't live in the area but want to read the artcles. They are making money for no other reason than to make money. The Ft. Worth Star telegram, which is the competing major newspaper publication and has a very accomplished sportswriter on there staff, does not charge for reading the articles.

Add to that have the info in the dallas morning news sports sections are reprints of AP (associated press) articles that appear in every newspaper and wire service in the country, that's blatant capitalism at it's worth. It also proves again my point. The ladies statement in the article is wrong

>Though it may be unfortuate, it is understandable that
>the Washington Post.com will charge a fee to view
>archived material.
>
>It is a common misconception that the Internet hosts
>an infinite amount of information with ease. That all
>this information is just floating around waiting to be
>viewed.
>
>However, the opposite is true. It costs time, money,
>and space to properly maintain a website. Charging
>for archived material make seem unfair to most,
>however, without these fees the online newspaper would
>be unable to house the archived information in the
>first place. Archiving articles online is similar to
>if a person devoted their entire basement or attic to
>housing every edition of the Washington Post ever
>created. The only difference is instead of taking up
>physical space, online archived material takes up hard
>drive space.
>
>Users really can't complain because the Post is saving
>them a lot of time and effort by housing these
>articles, which, otherwise would be impossible to view.
>
>People need to stop thinking of the Internet as a
>synonym for a freeflow of complimentary information.

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Re: Week10 - Topic #1 - R17 by Coyle/She's Wrong -- Clare Tumulty, 06:37:04 04/06/04 Tue