TechDirt on Weblogs Inc vs Newsgator. My natural inclination (dare I say once again) is to side with Jason Calacanis on this, however Mike does make an interesting point. It’s an issue I still struggle with when it comes to full vs part feeds..how do you actually measure the return on these sorts of things, presuming there is one.
Tags: Jason Calacanis, Weblogs Inc, Techdirt
The fact is there is a very simple solution in place: ask permission if you want to do something commercial!
The problem is a lot of Web 2.0 folks–including the RSS reader folks–and just lazy. They don’t want to make the calls to the make the deals and that is why they have no business model.
Feedburner is asking permission and growing a VERY, very nice business out of it. Heck, we work with them because for two years they asked and asked… they convinced us.
If you want to use our content to make money just ask!