Suddenly, I stopped pining for the “Good ol’ Days”. Then again, I’m not one of the attorneys that stood to make a mint off of it.

As far as “riding the tiger” goes, I’ve already planned my departure. When I get sick of it I’ll throw all technology out the window, drive to Key West, sell my car and live as a bum on the beach there.

Poor, no technology, but I’ll be happy.

You can get off the tiger, you just have to shoot it first. Remember, the front end has teeth…

Suddenly, I stopped pining for the “Good ol’ Days”. Then again, I’m not one of the attorneys that stood to make a mint off of it.

As far as “riding the tiger” goes, I’ve already planned my departure. When I get sick of it I’ll throw all technology out the window, drive to Key West, sell my car and live as a bum on the beach there.

Poor, no technology, but I’ll be happy.

You can get off the tiger, you just have to shoot it first. Remember, the front end has teeth…

The Internet, and more importantly, the speed at which it is evolving is changing everything around and once you are on it, it is like riding the tiger. You simply can not get off it.

The Internet, and more importantly, the speed at which it is evolving is changing everything around and once you are on it, it is like riding the tiger. You simply can not get off it.

“Let a genuine old man join in.”

Ok, but only if you insist…

Anyway, I think you hit the nail on the head there. If this had been a montage on your nightly news and not a Web viral video, the debate would have taken much the same spin.

The only difference is that your nightly use has a whole staff of people to clear rights for things like that and lawyers that vet everything that airs.

It seems unlikely that we’ll ever see this kind of incident with the traditional media, so long as they remain as cautious, but I have to agree that it would lead to a very similar debate.

How did we argue about things before we had the Internet?

“Let a genuine old man join in.”

Ok, but only if you insist…

Anyway, I think you hit the nail on the head there. If this had been a montage on your nightly news and not a Web viral video, the debate would have taken much the same spin.

The only difference is that your nightly use has a whole staff of people to clear rights for things like that and lawyers that vet everything that airs.

It seems unlikely that we’ll ever see this kind of incident with the traditional media, so long as they remain as cautious, but I have to agree that it would lead to a very similar debate.

How did we argue about things before we had the Internet?

JB, your optimism is well founded. Sitting away from actual online plagiarism, unlike you, I ask myself a simple question. Suppose this had happened in the non-net life(if that phrase can be used!) what would be the reaction of everyone concerned?

I would imagine that it would be precisely as is happening now in a different arena but the principle is not any different. In the non-net life, the issues would not attract so many views and reactions. That is all the difference.

JB, your optimism is well founded. Sitting away from actual online plagiarism, unlike you, I ask myself a simple question. Suppose this had happened in the non-net life(if that phrase can be used!) what would be the reaction of everyone concerned?

I would imagine that it would be precisely as is happening now in a different arena but the principle is not any different. In the non-net life, the issues would not attract so many views and reactions. That is all the difference.

I hope I’m not getting that old that fast…

I hope I’m not getting that old that fast…