The retired director the Iowa Newspaper Association is proposing that a for-profit consortium of U.S. newspapers be formed to control copyright, access and use of digital content. Bill Monroe lays out his idea in this 27-minute talk to the second Midwest Newspaper Summit, which drew about 125 editors, publishers and business execuives to a Des Moines, Iowa, hotel on Thurs., Jan. 4, 2010. The critical operating principles, says Monroe:
- Respect for copyright laws an aggressive pursuit of violators
- Mutually beneficial royalties and profit sharing
- Historic preservation
- Efficient and effective newspaper participation
- Easy customer user access and
- Scalability to be able to help newspapers of all sizes.
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