Re: Backlash vs. Third-Party Annotations from MS Smart Tags

At 02:15 PM 6/20/2001 -0500, Wesley Felter wrote:
>I think it's going to happen. Check out these posts for a sample of how
>the winds are blowing (I've seen half a dozen similar ones):
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decentralization/message/3102

Winds are blowing? I would say hot air is blowing. Who would sue? On that
very same discussion group, a more cogent argument is presented which just
strips down the anti-SmartTag sentiment to anti-Micrsoft. I can't explain
why the SayNoToThirdVoice group still has the problem with graffiti.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decentralization/message/2958

> http://www.farces.com/farces/992816200/

This makes some claim about "unauthorized derivative work". Anyway, we can
blow all the steam we want about what the legal ramifications are. Wendy,
and other lawyers, a general question: do academic law programs (such as
Berkman Center) do any research preperation in anticipation of legal
conflicts? I remember that Jonathan Zittrain at Berkman had quite
supportive of annotation when ThirdVoice came out with the software and
starting getting flack.

I have some interesting work that I hinted about before regarding
server-side annotation/collaboration. I will definitely have more to
present in a few weeks-- I can only hint for so long! Given the choice
between publisher-managed and third-party-managed annotation, I'm betting
that most publishers would choose the former.

Jon

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