Google uses 1753 Halifax Gazette for ads
p2pnet news view | Advertising:- “Extra! Extra!” – crows giant online advertising company Google in Google News, going on:
“Last September on this blog, we announced a new initiative to digitize newspapers and make them accessible and searchable online. We’ve recently updated our index, quadrupling the number of articles included in News Archive Search.”
Whoopee!
And Canada gets a starring role.
“Looking for a place to start exploring this rich historical index?” – asks Gargoyle.
“How about the complete June 2, 1753 edition of the Halifax Gazette, one of the oldest newspapers we’ve digitized to date.”
The Halifax Gazette was Canada’s first newspaper, established on March 23, 1752, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, says the Wikipedia.
It goes on »»»
The Gazette published as a newspaper until 1867, when it became the Nova Scotia Royal Gazette, the official publication of laws and legislations for the Government of Nova Scotia.
In 1977, Part II of the Royal Gazette was introduced to publish provincial regulations and was reunited with Part I to form the current Gazette.
The Gazette is managed by the Ministry of Justice of Nova Scotia’s Registry of Regulations.
Gargle will no doubt be paying a substantial part of any revenue it gets from its Adsense ads, placed prominently next to the Halifax Gazette clips, to Nova Scotia.
Either that, or it’s forked over a copyright fee for using the Gazette in an advertising context.
Right?
No need to stay tuned.
Google News – Extra! Extra! Updates from our growing newspaper archives, August 3, 2009
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August 4th, 2009 at 9:57 am
How did you come to the conclusion that a 19th century newspaper remains under copyright protection?
August 4th, 2009 at 10:13 am
It’s possible I may not have been entirely serious in that.
But Gargle is using something of importance to Canada’s heritage for purely advertising purposes.
However, 800-pound gorillas can do whatever they want.
Cheers!
August 4th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
I’m sorry Jon but I disagree : this knowledge needs to be put online and accessible for free. As Reader’s Write says, copyright expires after 50 years in Canada. For researchers, scholars, and lots of citizens interested in history, it is a major progress that we can have access to historical stuff like this directly from our computer. I don’t care about the google ads personaly.
August 4th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I didn’t say it shouldn’t be online. But if you think using it as ad fodder is ‘for free,’ I’d disagree with you.
Personally, I do care about the exploitation.
Cheers!
August 5th, 2009 at 10:32 am
That’s what Public Domain means : You can do whatever you want with the knowledge in the Public Domain. That includes making profit with it. I think it’s great!