Comments on: Should letters to the editor be paid for? http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/01/18/should-letters-be-paid-for/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Philip Moscovitch http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/01/18/should-letters-be-paid-for/comment-page-1/#comment-14835 Philip Moscovitch Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:15:01 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/01/18/fair-use-is-not-a-loophole/#comment-14835 They shouldn't be paid for. Reader interaction is part of what newspapers are about, and is different from the "citizen journalist" idea -- which comes down to using free content in place of paid content. But newspapers should not commit the insult of claiming ownership of copyright in the letters. For a while, the Globe and Mail was doing this, but now they just say letters may be edited. They shouldn't be paid for. Reader interaction is part of what newspapers are about, and is different from the "citizen journalist" idea -- which comes down to using free content in place of paid content.

But newspapers should not commit the insult of claiming ownership of copyright in the letters. For a while, the Globe and Mail was doing this, but now they just say letters may be edited.

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