‘There is no copyright in an idea,’ freelance reporter told after complaining that Australian website rewrote her investigations under the bylines of its staffDaily Mail Australia has refused to pay a journalist for republishing parts of her work under its reporters’ bylines, telling her: “There is no copyright in an idea.”Ginger Gorman, a freelance journalist, has had two major investigations originally published by News Corp Australia and Fairfax Media rewritten by the Daily Mail website. Neither Mail piece contains any original reporting. In one case, the Mail version does not have any link back to the original. Please retweet if you think @DailyMailAU @mcilveenl should pay my invoice & stop stealing the work of ethical journalists @withMEAA https://t.co/8mozhpJUrK Related: Karl Stefanovic berates Daily Mail for running 'cheap, lazy, sexist' stories Related: ABC comes up short with Catalyst revamp | The Weekly Beast Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]