tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post114315595875883136..comments2023-12-24T10:14:39.424-05:00Comments on Cole Slaw Blog: Plagiarism ThursdayFlophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677185628909814152noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1143163011233053262006-03-23T20:16:00.000-05:002006-03-23T20:16:00.000-05:00The sports blogs have already made it their missio...The sports blogs have already made it their mission to shred ESPN the way that the right-wing blogs go after the "liberal media," although in this case, I think they're justified. ESPN has become a talentless, hyperbolic backwater, which is part of why I've become so attached to these college football blogs. What bothers me most is seeing a small-time guy from an out-of-touch, hobbling network steal the work of people with actual creativity, wit and insight -- then throw his theft back in their faces. <BR/><BR/>And while Cowherd may have committed copyright infringement, as the extremely wonky commenters noted at MGoBlog, there are no real monetary damages here. Probably not a likely lawsuit, but it hopefully will become a PR problem for Cowherd and ESPN. They deserve whatever grief they get.Flophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04677185628909814152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-1143158223963872512006-03-23T18:57:00.000-05:002006-03-23T18:57:00.000-05:00At least with Cowherd, I'm surprised not just at t...At least with Cowherd, I'm surprised not just at the blatant plagiarism and the cavalier attitude about it, but that the old media continues to thumb its nose against the new media.<BR/><BR/>I realize there are still people out there who don't know what a blog is, but you figure someone in the media like Cowherd would realize its influence, and that sports radio listeners are also blog readers/bloggers themselves. When Cowherd gives bloggers a finger, he's giving a finger to a good chunk of his audience.<BR/><BR/>And a national radio show is always going to have a bigger audience than any individual blog, but what Cowherd didn't seem to realize the viral potential of blogs - that if you piss off one blogger, that blogger's going to tell his entire readership, and through the magic of emails and links, word's going to spread. <BR/> <BR/>Stealing material from a blogger isn't just wrong, it's self-defeating. For the sake of the internets, I hope some lawyer works pro bono so they can sue ESPN.badly drawn boykinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com