For some reason, some people believe that once something is posted on the internet, it can be taken and repurposed in any manner whatsoever. Unfortunately, that mistaken premise is apparently held by KOLD, since Michael McKisson, who runs TucsonVelo.com (and contributes two blog posts a week for The Range), caught the station stealing footage from his site and running it as part of a news story. No credit, no permission, nothing.

So, Michael decided to try to get something back from KOLD for the hard work he did (unwillingly) for their benefit: he sent them an invoice for $300. No word yet from KOLD’s news director if they intend to cough up the money.

UPDATE:

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This article appears in Aug 9-15, 2012.

The editor of the Tucson Weekly. I have no idea how I got here.

7 replies on “TucsonWeekly.com Contributor Bills KOLD for Ripping Off His Work”

  1. KOLD is the worst offender in Tucson for this practice. There is an assumption that whatever is on the internet is their’s to use without proper credit / attribution or they don’t need permission. They do it with Twitter and Facebook posts all the time without regard to who owns the copyright for content.

  3. It is appalling that KOLD doesn’t even blink when it fails to give credit. Of all the people to pull that on, Mike McKisson is not one to mess with. He teaches Journalism at UofA, and is working on his Master’s. Top journalists in town respect him, and are thankful he’s here. His tucsonvelo.com website @TucsonVelo are examples of having a policy in place for high journalist principles. KOLD – you need to learn from Mike. Hope you will have a change of heart and policy, and give him his invoiced $300 for your transgression. Just change your policy for all future situations that could happen like this. You’ll be better off. Good luck. Carol – @TotallyTucson

  5. GREAT. I’m sure filing a claim in justice court will get action if they don’t pay. Don’t let this go.

  6. I just heard back from they and they are going to pay me. I’ve also suggested they update the web story making it clear where the video came from.

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