Comments on: Scoble has (some) scruples (UPDATED: Is Scoble noble?)

By: Casey McKinnon

Casey McKinnon — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:01:33 +0000

Hehehe... I agree with Scoble. Scoble IS noble. It really wasn't him involved in the fuck ups.

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:05:18 +0000

Not me. I just think the headline has a certain ring to it.

If you're serious about owning up to mistakes and being more professional in the future, then you'll get all the credit (and karma) you deserve.

Explaining yourself is a good first step. Keep it up.

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:53:48 +0000

And, personally, the headline above really disappoints me. Did we make mistakes? Yes. But have I done anything to either of you to deserve this treatment?

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:52:06 +0000

No, the industry standard "penalty" is 3x normal payment. Which is how we got to $1,000 and why there's an impass.

Personally we should have asked. If Lan tried to charge us such a fee then we would have gone to someone else.

I guess this will end up with a judge figuring it out, though, unless I can get Furrier and Lan to see eye-to-eye.

By: Casey McKinnon

Casey McKinnon — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:24:51 +0000

Hehehe... love how this post starts, hilarious! For Lan, it's all about people respecting his creative commons license. We've had so many companies doing the same for Galacticast... it clearly states that they can go ahead and share our work as long as they're not making any money.

Scoble just commented that industry standard for payment of that photo is $200-300, but they wrote him a check for $1000. The part Scoble is neglecting is the part that industry standard for payment of a copyright breach is more like $3000!

Robert's a good guy, but the facts need to be settled privately... via COMMUNICATION.