links for 2010-09-15

"There is no one solution to fund journalism. That’s both arrogant and lazy. Arrogant because it assumes the audience and delivery of every publication is the same, when the reality is that there’s hundreds of different media organisations. Lazy because it’d be much easier if someone got the magic solution and doled it out to every news organisation overnight, but that isn’t realistic."

"During the debate David Allen Green raised the issue of the blogger’s defence and mass online publication. Perhaps for Bloggers in the Dock round 2 (in the pub, or virtually) we could address these aspects specifically: * What would strengthen a blogger’s defence in a libel case, or privacy breach? * How does a blogger perform a quick check to assess the basis of legal threats they receive? * Should there be some mechanism by which bloggers can seek cheap and fast legal advice? * Do the courts need to view forums, individual blogs and newspaper sites in different lights? Or is the medium of publication irrelevant?"

From the comments: "Sometimes it is easy to use the introduction of new technology as a cover for poor standards of work or an inability to cope with new demands... or as an opportunity to say 'you see? I told you the kit was a bad idea...'"

D'oh the humanity that the related video content underneath this piece is called 'Money clips'...

Shane talking sense about RSS being a transport mechanism not a consumer proposition.