Tuesday, September 29, 2020

it seems to be back to not broadcasting posts that include links, which is bizarre. and, i wonder if that has something more to do with some kind of financial thing than anything else.

again: i don't have ads in this space. at all. and, i would resist attempts to force them on me from the top down. i don't make any money from this, in any way. i am not "profiting off of the work of journalists".

rather, what i'm doing is critical analysis of their journalism - i am taking their writing, and deconstructing it. i'm often fact-checking it, debunking it, analyzing it, etc. and, i'm providing it as a public service, with no intent to profit (at least not directly) from it for three reasons: (1) to draw attention to myself, as a musician, (2) as public education and (3) for fun. at the end of the day, i do this because i enjoy it.

so, if there's some claims regarding copyright, i really need to reject them - this isn't a product, to begin with. it's really just the literal definition of free speech, with almost no other point to it. it's a lecture without much of an audience, but should be seen from that filter of analysis more than anything else.

so, to suggest that i'm breaking copyright by sharing links and analyzing them is utterly ridiculous. nor should the writers of the articles have some claim to the right to decide whether i can analyze their writing or not. that's absurd.

but, i ultimately really don't know why some posts are broadcast and others aren't.

that said - and i've been over this a few times - the only reason i even know what's broadcast and what isn't is that i'm trying to archive the writing in my email. i wouldn't even know what they're stopping from broadcasting, otherwise - and i only care because i want as complete a record, for myself, as is possible.

so, i don't know why you won't broadcast outside links, but i need you to reverse that policy. thanks.