tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post1157908104221060977..comments2008-01-04T22:05:35.001-05:00Kevin Gamblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00659162207319457717noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-47977740537745188282008-01-04T22:05:00.000-05:002008-01-04T22:05:00.000-05:002008-01-04T22:05:00.000-05:00Oooh, that is good stuff Jim. Thank you for sharing. I'm going to elevate it to a post so that more people will see it.<BR/><BR/>KevinKevinhttps://people.extension.org/kjgamblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-1271934088519824692008-01-04T20:27:00.000-05:002008-01-04T20:27:00.000-05:002008-01-04T20:27:00.000-05:00I'm glad to see someone else make the connection between the screen-scraping issue and DRM. I wrote my own post on the topic <A HREF="http://bjimba.blogspot.com/2008/01/facebook-scoble-and-russells-law.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Bud's ideas have merit. Just like with music and video, you have to build your business model with the understanding that technology is not going to save you.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840228636027306303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-54163004122745177032008-01-04T19:57:00.000-05:002008-01-04T19:57:00.000-05:002008-01-04T19:57:00.000-05:00Great comments Bud! Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Monetize scraping? That's an interesting idea. I'll have to give that some more thought.Kevinhttps://people.extension.org/kjgamblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-48813916824480936102008-01-04T14:03:00.000-05:002008-01-04T14:03:00.000-05:002008-01-04T14:03:00.000-05:00Screen scraping is remarkably old news, just like feeds. All of this first hit the light of day in the late 90's, early 2000's, promptly to be crushed for a time by content owners' desires to limit access.<BR/><BR/>Fast forward to 2008. Screen scraping is now easier than ever, and content owners seem to be rushing to monetize their content in open advertising driven models. But, the old tensions remain. Content owners want you to see content in venues where they can monetize it.<BR/><BR/>Facebook is an interesting case. They don't really own the data. Imagine if you could not use your birth date because you entered it into Facebook. They do seem to want to own access to a particular web representation of your data.<BR/><BR/>I don't think Facebook is going to change just because the trends are running against them. All businesses must monetize, and they are locked into indirectly monetizing access through advertising. Why not just charge Scoble directly for this kind of access?Budhttp://budgibson.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.com