"on mumsnet this week" in the Mail. Is this a new thing

[jujumaman]

Came across this this morning when I should have been working

Is this a new weekly rip-off by the Mail? Or has it been going on for months and I'm behind the times as usual

I'm not quite as virulently anti the Mail as mnetters, find it silly rather than the end of civilisation as we know it. But still ...

Ooh - crossposts with LG! (Must type faster)

348 days since I last had bumsex

gonna change my name to ''quotethisyafuckers''

Oh good one molly!

excellent...the more daily mail readers we have on here the better...even things out.

DP - if it's likeminded people you're after why not just stick to the DM forums?

this from the girl who wants to bring back hanging! yikes!

so, who is the mumsnetter who's now in the evil paypocket of the dm?

Look I disagree with Daftpunk on loads of things, but I think it's a bit poor that she gets squashed as if she's Attila The Hun every time she opens her gob. Give her a break PerArdua!

will this do?

I do think there is a big difference in the fact that even if you are on this website you actually have to do a physical search for something, whereas if there is a direct "quote" in the DM it makes people much more likely to be "outed" as it were.

Let's face it, they are unlikely to be interested in what everyone is having for dinner, and far more interested in some bizarre and unusual relationship problem aren't they? - Which in itself makes people more recognisable.

I get the bit that what we write is available to all - but there is a big difference in being interested enough to look for it, and being handed it on a plate via a link.

I'm not particularly controversial or indeed post anything of particular secrecy, but I do think that vulnerable people who post here as a last resort thinking that no-one in real life would find out, might be put off from asking for help.

not just for my sake perardua...for the good of mumsnet....daily mail readers are the voice of reason...

brilliant molly

It would be interesting - and potentially reassuring - to get the journalist involved on here to discuss issues regarding privacy and so on. Any chance of that?

Good idea Von.

By daftpunk Thu 13-Aug-09 12:32:39 Add a message | Report post | Contact poster
not just for my sake perardua...for the good of mumsnet....daily mail readers are the voice of reason...

Yep BoF - see your point

UK Copyright service explains concept of 'fair use'. There is apparently no set amount you can quote - it says 'each case is viewed on its own merit'

I note that one of the requirements is to 'quote the name of the author', so perardua & molly may well be safe if they use those names...

I just find it a bit odd that if the Mner involved in this is such a good egg and "gets" what we are all about, would surely realise that most people might have an opinion - and a lot would hate the idea.

Oh, and maybe have been asked in the first place if MN minded. If nothing else, it's a bit rude.

bumsex - good name, horrible mental image...

do you think they will have me in the DM next week?

No, I agree, and I've made sure that I'm pretty unidentifiable via all my posts.

But if - as in this week's scenario - the situation is likely to be identifiable to friends and family, it's a very different issue. It would be almost impossible to discover this via Google, but very easy to find in the DM. That's the problem for me.

What happens if, for example, the OP's boss reads that in the DM. He then goes to MN and finds all her other posts, some, probably, complaining about them. He would not have found them without the article. And now imagine that scenario in a relationship query, or even domestic violence...

Ooh, my google number one is a site "sharing humour, beauty and art"...I'm still under the radar then