What happened when I charged NEXT for my time...

lovealbatross74

Just re-read this and had a good old chuckle to myself. Thought you guys might appreciate a 'what happens when you turn the tables on the big boys' type story...

http://www.witteringon.org/index.php/i-charged-next-for-my-time-to-read-their-catalogue-you-wont-believe-how-they-reacted/

ThumbRemote

pulliptears wrote: »

Because I don't believe in driving traffic to unsolicited blogs here is the text for anyone who doesn't want to click.

Presumably you don't believe in copyright law either...

foxtrotoscar_2

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Presumably you don't believe in copyright law either...

What/where has copyright been actually broken? I mean in actual Law and not just in your mind?

pulliptears

Public domain

Or would you rather earn OP a little money driving traffic to his blog?

ETA.

Blog displays NO copyright notice and gives the reader the option to share the content via twitter, Facebook and email or to print the article.

tykesi

pulliptears wrote: »

FWIW, bloke went arsey with Next, Next employee decided to wind him up a bit. Personally I have little sympathy. You catch more flies with honey and all that.

This exactly - bloke's a d ick who clearly has nothing better to do.

Didn't request catalogue yet got an account? CBA looking but I'd put money on the fact that T&Cs of having an account cover them sending out a catalogue when a new season is launched.

Total non-story.

Lobell

I lost the will to live about 6 lines in. The bloke thinks he's clever and funny when he actually sounds like a [EMAIL="tw@t"]tw@t[/EMAIL].

ThumbRemote

foxtrotoscar wrote: »

What/where has copyright been actually broken? I mean in actual Law and not just in your mind?

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/contents
or in summary: http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law

It's a protected piece of work under 3i
Rights automatically occur under 4

pulliptears wrote: »

Public domain

Or would you rather earn OP a little money driving traffic to his blog?

ETA.

Blog displays NO copyright notice and gives the reader the option to share the content via twitter, Facebook and email or to print the article.

It's not public domain, it's a created literary work like any other.

I don't care if they earn any money or not. Nobody makes you follow a link.

Blog has a copyright at the bottom.

Using the share options doesn't reproduce the content, it just shares the link. In any case, providing such options only allows you to use those options; it doesn't mean you can do whatever you want with the content.

pelirocco

pulliptears wrote: »

Because I don't believe in driving traffic to unsolicited blogs here is the text for anyone who doesn't want to click.

FWIW, bloke went arsey with Next, Next employee decided to wind him up a bit. Personally I have little sympathy. You catch more flies with honey and all that.

I lost the will to live trying to read it all , but I didnt see where he/she had invoiced them for his time ( as he /she said )

geerex

OP - I'm considering billing you for subjecting me to that steaming pile of horse excrement. It's not even funny.
1/10 not recommended.

pulliptears

ThumbRemote wrote: »

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/contents
or in summary: http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law

It's a protected piece of work under 3i
Rights automatically occur under 4




It's not public domain, it's a created literary work like any other.

I don't care if they earn any money or not. Nobody makes you follow a link.

Blog has a copyright at the bottom.

Using the share options doesn't reproduce the content, it just shares the link. In any case, providing such options only allows you to use those options; it doesn't mean you can do whatever you want with the content.

Im sure if the blog owner will take time out of publishing links to his blog and complain if he has a problem with people sharing it's content.

Bit of a non issue really at present isn't it?

timbstoke

Lobell wrote: »

I lost the will to live about 6 lines in.

I gave up when I clicked a link called "I charged Next for my time" which went to an article titled "I almost charged Next for my time"

I assume if I'd kept reading, it would have been further diluted until all he did was mutter to himself a bit and think "this could be a good clickbait article"