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Pajamas Media has launched under a new moniker, Open Source Media, or in their officially-sanctioned shorthand OSM™. Yes, the trademark symbol is part of the abbreviation to remind people that they’re not that “open source”. And in case you get any funny ideas about freely distributing and modifying any of OSM™’s intellectual property, every page is accompanied by a copyright notice and a link to the privacy policy :

Our Site and all its contents, which includes, but is not limited to, text, graphics, photographs, logos, video and audio content, is protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. All individual components of Our Site, including, without limitation, articles, content and other elements comprising Our Site are also copyrighted works. Additionally all of the weblogs linked to by us are likewise protected. You must abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained on this site and our linked weblogs.

You may not reproduce, distribute, copy, publish, enter into any database, display, modify, create derivative works, transmit, or in any way exploit any part of this site. The only exceptions to this are that you may download material from Our Site for your own personal use, provided such download is limited to making one machine readable copy and/or one print copy that limited to occasional articles of personal interest only. No other use of the content of Our Site is permitted. Please contact our Sales Department if you wish to have rights other than those stated above.

As a comparison, here’s the notice at the bottom of DailyKos (who’s notably absent from OSM™’s blogroll) :

Site content may be used for any purpose without explicit permission unless otherwise specified.

The jury may still be out on whether or not OSM™ is a thinly-disguised conservative blog circlejerk, one thing is already clear. They’re not open source. I’ve always considered the intentional misuse of buzzwords to be a MSM™ phenomenon, but the guys in pajamas sure are quick learners.

67 thoughts on “Vaporware”

  1. Very interesting find.

    I interviewed Doc Searls a while back for my open source, collaborative documentary on the pre-war failures of the mainstream media.

    I interviewed Doc about open source communities, and thought that this would be a good time to post the interview here.

    I gave you a hattip for shining a spotlight on their privacy policy.

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  4. “Pajamas Open Media” works for me. And if they have pockets in those pajamas, they can turn them inside out and make the ‘elephant’ joke, which is also wholly appropriate for these clowns.

  5. Attention from everyone lady and man in blogosphere.

    I am russian OSM blogger Jhenechka and I am available for opportunity to blog and maybe make discussion with YOU.

    In my photograph on my interesting new OSM blog you can see that I am available and ready for maybe discussion.

    Well, if you are ready I am ready so YOU can go to my blog and we discuss whatever. Do not be afraid if I am man with copywrited opinion. OK?

    BTW..

    I know the location of the g spot. I have tried this place on myself and it is correct.

    Yes and also I did have very large amounts af hair surrounding (encompassing) my g spot.

    It is seriously jaw dropping.

    But Muska groomed my hair off with water and the spoons I am clean.

    Thank you.

    Jhenechka

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