{"id":5152,"date":"2004-11-28T14:58:57","date_gmt":"2004-11-28T18:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/11\/28\/me-and-my-pal-professor-b\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:12","slug":"me-and-my-pal-professor-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/11\/28\/me-and-my-pal-professor-b\/","title":{"rendered":"me and my “pal” professor B"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I admit it, I am a weblog free-rider.  I have never left a “tip” at a weblog and don’t expect that<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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I ever will.    My sentiments about fully-employed lawyers and law professors soliciting handouts<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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were expressed well earlier this year by <\/FONT>MyShingle<\/FONT><\/A>‘s Carolyn Elefant, in this <\/FONT><\/FONT>Comment<\/FONT><\/A>:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“I don’t like the idea of law bloggers posting ads at their site. — (just like I don’t like <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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bloggers who pass the hat with “pay pal” requests).  As a business matter, I don’t <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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know that I’d want to go to an attorney who didn’t have the resources to sustain <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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a blog site without collecting ad revenues.”<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\"coin  Thus, I had to cringe today, when I saw <\/FONT>Steve Bainbridge’s post<\/FONT><\/A> captioned <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“A new way to support the blog.”  Prof. B says (like it’s a real treat):<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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I’ve added a Paypal tip jar to the right side bar as a new way for loyal readers to <\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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support the blog: <\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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My thanks to readers who have supported this blog in the past <\/EM><\/FONT>through my Amazon <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Associates programs or by clicking on the ads from my Blogads <\/EM><\/FONT>sponsors.<\/EM> (Please <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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don’t forget to click on one of my Blogads to encourage my sponsors!)<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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This new tip jar is at the very top<\/EM> of the righthand margin.  I woulda thought conservatives and<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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libertarians had more pride than this — not to mention lovers of fancy cars, wines and cigars.  I’d<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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like to assure Steve that his weblog visitors are smart enough to find him and ask directly how to<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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leave a tip — they don’t need constant reminders for “impulse charity.”  Also, if law professors really<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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want to get extra credit for weblogging, they might want to lose the BillBlog<\/EM> [ BlogBoard? ] image.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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You may have noticed that I frequently link to posts by Steven Bainbridge.  I want to assure him<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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and my readers that I have nothing personal against Prof. B.  I do have, however, a limited amount <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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of time and energy for surfing the weblawg universe, and stopping by his place is quite convenient<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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 for me, <\/FONT>as it gives me<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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