A Proposal For Unionizing Bloggers 259
mikesd81 writes "Coloumbia Journal Review writes about the possibility of unionizing bloggers. Chris Mooney writes 'Yes, dear reader: the Bloggers Guild of America may be on its way. The dispute between screen and television writers and media conglomerates has its roots, after all, in the Web.' He says, then, they get zero compensation for their products being distributed over the Internet. 'Bloggers often earn that same salary. There are exceptions, of course, those fortunate few who have become quasi-celebrities in their own right and found themselves, and their sites, snatched up by major media companies,' he goes on to say. He also adds that a bloggers guild could protect a blogger's intellectual property and help ensure they're compensated for it."
Oh god yes, the best idea ever (Score:5, Funny)
That way we can abuse their rights and they can go on strike!!!
Supply & Demand 101 (Score:5, Funny)
The vast majority of them earn every penny of that.
forget the bloggers (Score:4, Funny)
The Hackers Guild could then provide *protection* to the Bloggers Guild - for a small fee, of course...
What?! (Score:3, Funny)
OMG! The bloggers are on strike, oh noes!! Where will I get my random crap and aerated opinions from?!!!
It's almost as ridiculous as the 'Students Unions' we have in Universities here...
Re:Not too surprising (Score:4, Funny)
unionizing (Score:5, Funny)
Or ... (Score:4, Funny)
PKB (Score:1, Funny)
Obligatory Douglas Adams reference (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Or ...What did your dog do today (Score:2, Funny)
After he won "Best in Show" at the 2006 Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show, his blog was serialized in Breeders Times and he just doesn't get time to go for regular walkies anymore.
Re:What?! (Score:2, Funny)
Unionizing (Score:2, Funny)
An impostor would probably say 'yoon-yun-ize' while a real scientist would more likely say 'un-ion-ize'.
When I read the headline, I was thinking of ions as well.
Re:WIOTY award (Score:2, Funny)
Perhaps a new union model is in order (Score:2, Funny)
Re:there's one problem with your cunning plan.... (Score:3, Funny)
Reminds me... (Score:3, Funny)
VROOMFONDEL: That's right. You'll have a national philosopher's strike on your hands.
DEEP THOUGHT:Who will that inconvenience?
MAJIKTHISE: Never you mind who it'll inconvenience you box of black legging binary bits! It'll hurt, buster! It'll hurt!
Re:Unionizing (Score:1, Funny)
(1) How do you pronounce UNIONIZED?
(2) What is a mole?
There is a much better way to tell the chemist from the nonchemist. Chemists wash their hands before they go to the bathroom.