Comments on: Power rates could surge – 30% rise possible under SCE plan

By: ¡ai chingaso!

¡ai chingaso! — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:43:04 +0000

Alright already!

By: Suza

Suza — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:33:10 +0000

I think that’s correct.
And in cases where the article already appears on various web sites and is meant to educate the public we can generally assume its fine to publish them on the Ojai Post, so long as proper credit/original source is given.

By: Lisa Snider

Lisa Snider — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:08:17 +0000

Tyler has weighed in on this before…am I correct in saying that copyright fair use allows for a “sampling” of a news article as long as there is proper attribution given to the source as well as the writer? There may also be instances where you need the author’s permission. And it would be nice to link to the full text of the article, too.

By: Johnny Chimichinga

Johnny Chimichinga — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:42:40 +0000

CHINGAS to the rescue.
Que bien!!

By: Johnny Chingas

Johnny Chingas — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:44:33 +0000

You can just capture a line or two and google it, for the source. Like so: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GZHZ,GZHZ:2007-26,GZHZ:en&q=Southern+California+Edison+estimates+rates+for+some+residential+customers+could+increase+by+an+average+of+30+percent+or+more+next+year+because+of+soaring+fuel+prices+and+costs+to+upgrade+infrastructure%2c+
It appears to be published in the Whittier Daily News, but MSM quite often just retypes a press release. The credited author independently digging up all those stats seems highly unlikely, but whatever. Anyway, problem solved.

By: editor-in-chief

editor-in-chief — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:30:48 +0000

ed desk
your position is well taken.
Lind, knock-knock…

By: editorial desk

editorial desk — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:30:18 +0000

editor-in-chief:
If you are correct, I will look forward to Lind providing a reference to the actual source of the article.
I am sure you will agree that what is “pretty obvious” to you may not be obvious at all to someone who lacks your trained editorial eye.

By: editor-in-chief

editor-in-chief — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:01:08 +0000

ed desk-
It’s pretty obvious it wasn’t written by him.

By: editorial desk

editorial desk — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:25:38 +0000

This article was “posted” by Michael Lind, but was it actually written by him?
With the “ROSEMEAD” dateline and the various quotes, it looks a lot like a newspaper article. If so, it should be referenced as such, and not leave the impression that Lind wrote it himself.