{"id":4428,"date":"2004-04-15T22:55:48","date_gmt":"2004-04-16T02:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/04\/15\/lively-debate-over-ghostly-we"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:52","slug":"lively-debate-over-ghostly-weblogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/15\/lively-debate-over-ghostly-weblogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lively Debate Over Ghostly Weblogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a1238'><\/a><\/p>\n<p><P dir=\"ltr\" align=\"right\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/thankyou.jpg\" alt=\"thank you\" \/> . .<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">It&#8217;s great seeing the varied, thoughtful and lively responses to my request this week for opinions about &#8220;turnkey&#8221; and ghost-written weblogs.&nbsp;and&nbsp;about the marketing potential of lawyer weblogs. &nbsp;Folllow <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/discuss\/msgReader$1200?mode=topic\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">this thread<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"> for the original posting, &#8220;Does Your Weblog Attract Clients?&#8221;, and for comments by hands-on webloggers Carolyn Elefant, Ken Lammers, Kevin O&#8217;Keefe, Evan Schaeffer, Bryan Gates, Steve Minor, Matt Hommann, Martin Schwimmer, and Denise Howell, with (naturally) some replies&nbsp;from myself (one of which became&nbsp;its own <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/14#a1221\">post<\/A>, &#8220;Selling the Appearance of Expertise&#8221;).&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Special thanks to Denise for posting on this topic at <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/bgbg.blogspot.com\/2004_04_11_bgbg_archive.html#108206801770325407\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM>Bag &#8216;n&#8217; Baggage<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">, to Carolyn for doing so at <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/myshingle.com\/article.pl?sid=04\/04\/13\/1415258&amp;mode=thread\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM>MyShingle<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">, to Nancy at <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/temp.starklawlibrary.org\/blog\/archive\/2004_04.html#001717\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM>Stark County Law Library<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;and Evan at <A href=\"http:\/\/www.legalunderground.com\/2004\/04\/keep_moving_4.html\"><EM>Notes from the (Legal) Underground<\/EM><\/A>, and to Kevin Heller for highlighting the issue at <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/techlawadvisor.com\/blog\/2004_04_01_archive.html#108207495605893951\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM>Law Tech Advisor<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">. <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">(04-16-04) <A href=\"http:\/\/blawg.org\/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=221\"><EM>Blawg.org<\/EM><\/A> weighed in today with a very positive blurb about LexBlog.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"red\"><FONT color=\"black\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> <\/FONT><EM><STRONG>Update<\/STRONG><\/EM> (04-16-04)<\/FONT>: <STRONG>Denise Howell<\/STRONG>&nbsp;and <EM>lexBlog<\/EM>&#8216;s <STRONG>Kevin O&#8217;Keefe<\/STRONG> had an enlightening discussion yesterday evening in the comments&nbsp;section of&nbsp;<A href=\"http:\/\/bgbg.blogspot.com\/2004_04_11_bgbg_archive.html#108206801770325407\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM>Bag &#8216;n&#8217; Baggage<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A>.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">For example, <STRONG>Denise<\/STRONG> stated: &nbsp;&#8220;<FONT face=\"Verdana\"> I do think there are differences between weblogs and conventional web sites, and that while one can use the software however one likes, it&#8217;s missing the point (the point being an easy and fast way to <STRONG>communicate the site owner&#8217;s actual expertise<\/STRONG>) to pretend someone else&#8217;s blog posts are one&#8217;s own.<\/FONT>&#8221;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>Kevin<\/STRONG> replied: &#8220;<FONT face=\"Verdana\">The content that is licensed to the lawyer will be <STRONG>marked by copyright<\/STRONG> so as to make clear that the lawyer did not write it and in some cases, if the lawyer agrees, we can say such content is provided courtesy of or on the sponsorship of the lawyer or firm.<\/FONT>&#8220;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>Editor&#8217;s Note<\/STRONG>: Kevin&#8217;s point about making&nbsp;it clear &#8220;that the lawyer did not write&#8221; lexBlog-supplied content is important, and does not yet appear on the lexBlog website (after what I believe was a thorough search of everypage).<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/profyabutsmall.jpg\" alt=\"prof yabut small\" \/>&nbsp; Please add your perspective on these issues, which we believe are important to the integrity and health of weblogs (as an art, craft, community&nbsp;and business)&nbsp;and to&nbsp;their marketing.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"#ff0000\"><STRONG><EM>Update <\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><FONT color=\"black\">(04-22-04)<\/FONT>:<FONT face=\"Arial\"><STRONG><EM>&nbsp; <\/EM><\/STRONG>I&#8217;m pleased to&nbsp;report that <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/kevinokeefe.com\/\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#2294bc\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>Kevin O&#8217;Keefe<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> has <EM>re-<FONT color=\"black\">written<\/FONT><\/EM><FONT color=\"black\"> the <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.lexblog.com\/packages\/packages_lexpremium.html\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#42aac8\" size=\"2\"><STRONG><EM><FONT color=\"black\">lexBlog<\/FONT><\/EM> <FONT color=\"black\">premium<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> services page, removing a quotation from author <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/073820756X\/qid=1081793936\/sr=1-1\/ref=pd_ka_1\/102-4810311-4254502?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#2294bc\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>Rebecca Blood<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">, which we have <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/14#a1221\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#42aac8\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>noted<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> was taken out of context (leaving out the importance of hands-on weblogging for&nbsp;achieving expertise and authority status), and which seemed to suggest that Ms. Blood endorsed&nbsp;lexBlog&#8217;s services.&nbsp; 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