Comments on: BLOGGERS UNITE!: Blogger Labour Union – Huh?

By: Delmarva Dealings » Blog Archive » Join the Bloggers’ Union

Delmarva Dealings » Blog Archive » Join the Bloggers’ Union — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:30:13 +0000

[...] courtesy of ThePolitic.com [...]

By: G. A. Harrison

G. A. Harrison — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:20:19 +0000

O Canada
I thought the lefties here in the US were deluded. I guess this will be part of the NDP platform when elections are called.

By: Ianism! The Sequel » Blog Archive » United Brotherhood & Sisterhood Of Bloggers?

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:10:30 +0000

[...] need to be explained, bloggers need a union like bloggers need a third armpit” and Greg Farries at The Politic: “Dumbest idea [...]

By: Smarter than Ezra

Smarter than Ezra — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:40:37 +0000

Canadian Bloggers also need to watch proposed ammendments to the Copyright Act as it attempts to bring itself up to the digital age. Right now, the Copyright Act has no authority over internet content, which is proving to cause issues in many places, especially for postsecondary insitutions and libraries. American copyright legislation has already been modernized to include electronic media and the internet, and therefore, the idea that professional bloggers own their work, just like a newspaper owns its content is not foreign to them, and therefore, by extention, makes the likelihood of professional bloggers banding together in order to control the use of their content a legal possibility.

The likelihood of a minority government introducing changes to the Copyright Act is very slim. It is too controversial at the moment, and the previous government had ammendments on the table when they fell, and therefore have very specific ideas about what they want.

All of this to say, Canadian bloggers can scoff at the idea, because we do not have the legal framework to back up the claim of ownership over our own internet content, but Americans live within an entirely different legal framework where copyright is concerned.

By: Kevin Magee

Kevin Magee — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:30:44 +0000

I suspect this concept is referring to bloggers that blog for Networks, not the blogger hobbyist.

On his own blog, Jeremy Wright the CEO of the blogger network b5media has a great post that digs into this. He is extremely qualified to speak to the topic and quite obviously has a vested interest in it as well.

http://www.ensight.org/archive.....-bloggers/

By: Aaron Unruh

Aaron Unruh — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:55:44 +0000

The article goes on and on without addressing how bloggers can have a union without an employer. How would we go on strike? By refusing to write on our blogs? Ha ha ha…

By: ElimGarak

ElimGarak — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:46:26 +0000

I am not surprised. Then they will try to do what all other labour unions do: try to force out non-union labour. Part of the plan to collectivize (i.e. censor) the internets.