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Bloggers linking to US News PDF without citing xo -- unethical?

just a few days ago some of these bloggers were whining abou...
fiercely-loyal piazza ceo
  03/28/06
i especially like how professors would rather say that a stu...
Metal giraffe pocket flask
  03/28/06
it's laughable, really
Beady-eyed Idiotic Tattoo Foreskin
  03/28/06
hey it's the guy that thinks columbia is a regional school
Metal giraffe pocket flask
  03/28/06
I didn't say that. But it's true that people don't know that...
Beady-eyed Idiotic Tattoo Foreskin
  03/28/06
nah, the problem is that they're spreading word of mouth. i'...
canary histrionic rigor sex offender
  03/28/06
you really think a student would jump at the chance to email...
Metal giraffe pocket flask
  03/28/06
depends on the relationship. for all i know they were talkin...
canary histrionic rigor sex offender
  03/28/06
...
canary histrionic rigor sex offender
  03/28/06
Professors are liars!
Deep fishy whorehouse
  03/28/06
hilariously ironic post. glad the quality is returning to xo...
Comical pungent temple personal credit line
  03/28/06
my thoughts exactly
turquoise haunted graveyard address
  03/29/06
http://www.isaccorp.org/whitmore/jharris.pdf http://www.sue...
Excitant pisswyrm
  08/16/07
i added my 2 cents to the first blog.
vengeful vermilion elastic band reading party
  03/28/06
Shit yeah it's unethical. You KNOW they ripped this bitch.
vibrant faggot firefighter
  03/28/06
OrinKerr.com New U.S. News Law School Rankings The new U.S....
White menage generalized bond
  03/28/06
did it actually say 'pwned!' at one point?
Light meetinghouse
  03/28/06
man, that's class. that guy rules.
Ivory Vivacious Area Ape
  03/28/06
"UPDATE: Link via xoxohth.com, the #1 source for leaked...
Self-centered umber scourge upon the earth chapel
  03/28/06
I really hate stuff like this. This is why I don't like the...
Apoplectic glittery theatre
  03/28/06
Orin Kerr gets a 180 for that.
bateful cyan house
  03/28/06
That's right.
180 mustard heaven mood
  03/28/06
dood needs some rogaine
Amber ratface
  03/28/06
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=373018&mc=48...
Onyx curious sound barrier property
  03/28/06
Agreed, Orin Kerr is a class act.
fiercely-loyal piazza ceo
  03/28/06
I wish you would make a blog. You could have important info ...
hairraiser swollen set dingle berry
  03/28/06
At the risk of being overly self-centered, I'm going to assu...
Apoplectic glittery theatre
  03/28/06
...
hairraiser swollen set dingle berry
  03/28/06
I went to lunch with him a few weeks ago. I could have swor...
painfully honest dopamine casino
  03/29/06
yay Xo!
bistre racy dysfunction office
  03/28/06
unfortunately it seems prawfs is infested with jerks. why ca...
fiercely-loyal piazza ceo
  03/28/06
pompous ass prick
bistre racy dysfunction office
  03/28/06
http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=151040&mc=...
green alcoholic location
  04/24/07
i smell cease and desist orders arriving tommorow.
lake splenetic coldplay fan
  03/28/06
we can add Conglomerate to the list http://www.theconglom...
fiercely-loyal piazza ceo
  03/28/06
...
ungodly vigorous immigrant death wish
  03/28/06
yeah, prawfs is really ballsy to have that pdf hosted on the...
fiercely-loyal piazza ceo
  03/28/06
Does anyone know the answer? I notice prawfsblawg had a ques...
hairraiser swollen set dingle berry
  03/28/06
We had a short discussion on this thread: http://www.xoxohth...
Apoplectic glittery theatre
  03/28/06
we shoulda put a watermark on it so nobody could steal the c...
Aphrodisiac sanctuary boltzmann
  03/28/06
prawfs just deleted every reference to xo being the original...
fiercely-loyal piazza ceo
  03/28/06
My suggestion is to close the comments. Once you "victi...
Amber ratface
  03/28/06
taxprof blog is now rightfully crediting us http://taxpro...
fiercely-loyal piazza ceo
  03/29/06
LSD scooped xoxo this year.
Cerebral mint cruise ship
  04/24/07
update? http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2006/03/...
multi-colored haunting halford becky
  04/24/07


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Date: March 28th, 2006 7:07 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal piazza ceo

just a few days ago some of these bloggers were whining about the AP getting news tips from bloggers and then not citing them in the news report. now some of these guys go and link to the US News PDF and rankings without linking to xo or even saying xo got the rankings first. unethical?

here are some examples:

http://www.theconglomerate.org/2006/03/spilling_the_ra.html

http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2006/03/us_news_law_sch.html

http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/03/28/new-us-news-law-school-rankings/

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2006/03/advance_copy_of.html

we should let them know how inappropriate this is; give credit where it's due. this is the third year in a row this board has leaked the rankings and some appreciate would be nice.

EDIT: I take everything back about Orin Kerr, he's a genuinely nice guy.

EDIT2: Prawfs and TaxProf have updated.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450359)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:12 PM
Author: Metal giraffe pocket flask

i especially like how professors would rather say that a student forwarded the rankings rather than confess to being a lurker here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450392)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:19 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Idiotic Tattoo Foreskin

it's laughable, really

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450413)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:26 PM
Author: Metal giraffe pocket flask

hey it's the guy that thinks columbia is a regional school

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450436)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:35 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Idiotic Tattoo Foreskin

I didn't say that. But it's true that people don't know that Columbia is in the ivy league, which is what I said.

lay prestige is:

1. Harvard 2. Yale 3. Princeton (if they are educated they know princeton, otherwise not) 4. State U.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450475)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:21 PM
Author: canary histrionic rigor sex offender

nah, the problem is that they're spreading word of mouth. i've seen posts on a couple different admitted students bulletin boards.

i can easily see how a reader here would email a link to a friend who posted a link on a student forum where a reader saw it and emailed the link to a professor. how many of you are linking your friends with cites attached?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450419)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:29 PM
Author: Metal giraffe pocket flask

you really think a student would jump at the chance to email his profs a link to rankings?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450444)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:33 PM
Author: canary histrionic rigor sex offender

depends on the relationship. for all i know they were talking about it [the impending release] over coffee yesterday morning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450458)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:22 PM
Author: canary histrionic rigor sex offender



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450423)





Date: March 28th, 2006 10:48 PM
Author: Deep fishy whorehouse

Professors are liars!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5451657)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:24 PM
Author: Comical pungent temple personal credit line

hilariously ironic post. glad the quality is returning to xoxo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450429)





Date: March 29th, 2006 1:44 AM
Author: turquoise haunted graveyard address

my thoughts exactly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5453177)





Date: August 16th, 2007 2:20 PM
Author: Excitant pisswyrm

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http://reddit.com/search?q=%22Sue+Scheff%22

http://www.topix.net/forum/city/new-orleans-la/T0KS82CNBMB0HBD6H

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=653572&mc=20&forum_id=2

http://www.care2.com/news/member/847797324/451087

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=671777&mc=3&forum_id=2

http://www.isaccorp.org/pressreleases/suescheffemptyvictory.html

http://politics.netscape.com/story/2007/08/15/the-strange-story-sue-scheff-reputation-defender-want-to-censor

http://www.digg.com/health/Nightmare_Academy_Green_vs_FPA_Sue_Scheff

http://www.nowpublic.net/what-sue-scheff-wants-reputation-defender-help-censor

http://www.xomba.com/tags/sue_scheff



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#8523355)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:04 PM
Author: vengeful vermilion elastic band reading party

i added my 2 cents to the first blog.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450599)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:31 PM
Author: vibrant faggot firefighter

Shit yeah it's unethical. You KNOW they ripped this bitch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450452)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:33 PM
Author: White menage generalized bond

OrinKerr.com New U.S. News Law School Rankings

The new U.S. News & World Report law school rankings are out. You can access a .pdf of the entire rankings here.

The folks at U.S. News always manage to change the numbers around just enough so that the rankings change and you need to buy the magazine to find out the latest. This year is no exception.

UPDATE: Link via xoxohth.com Pwned!

March 28, 2006 | 5:55 pm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450462)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:38 PM
Author: Light meetinghouse

did it actually say 'pwned!' at one point?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450488)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:03 PM
Author: Ivory Vivacious Area Ape

man, that's class. that guy rules.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450593)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:33 PM
Author: Self-centered umber scourge upon the earth chapel

"UPDATE: Link via xoxohth.com, the #1 source for leaked U.S. News rankings three years running."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450463)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:35 PM
Author: Apoplectic glittery theatre

I really hate stuff like this. This is why I don't like the blogs in general -- too high and mighty. Yeah, I could make a blog and post every day about firm financial info, salaries, and biglaw summer classes, and invite or deny people the right to comment. But I'd rather post here where I can get instant feedback and people can decide for themselves what is important.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450469)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:35 PM
Author: bateful cyan house

Orin Kerr gets a 180 for that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450474)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:55 PM
Author: 180 mustard heaven mood

That's right.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450541)





Date: March 28th, 2006 7:59 PM
Author: Amber ratface

dood needs some rogaine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450565)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:25 PM
Author: Onyx curious sound barrier property

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=373018&mc=48&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450696)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:00 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal piazza ceo

Agreed, Orin Kerr is a class act.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450578)





Date: March 28th, 2006 9:04 PM
Author: hairraiser swollen set dingle berry

I wish you would make a blog. You could have important info in that blog for permanent archive, and then link to a thread for dicussion. It would be useful. I'd read you (esp. if I could stop ready Greedy Associates to mine for nuggets of good info.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450877)





Date: March 28th, 2006 9:38 PM
Author: Apoplectic glittery theatre

At the risk of being overly self-centered, I'm going to assume this comment was directed at me. (Not that "some guy" couldn't make a good blog too, I'm sure.) Anyway, I've thought about it, but again I find the format too self-serving. I'd rather post stuff and let people talk about it to each other than to me. I like to read Slashdot for this reason, but even those editors don't always resist the urge to, well, editorialize.

Anyway what I would really like is for this (or another) message board to just be a good source of this info in general, and if everybody pitched in I could just sit back and consume it like everybody else.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5451066)





Date: March 28th, 2006 9:11 PM
Author: hairraiser swollen set dingle berry

...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450916)





Date: March 29th, 2006 2:00 AM
Author: painfully honest dopamine casino

I went to lunch with him a few weeks ago. I could have sworn I heard him mutter "TTT" under his breath at one point. He's a really cool guy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5453324)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:02 PM
Author: bistre racy dysfunction office

yay Xo!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450587)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:06 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal piazza ceo

unfortunately it seems prawfs is infested with jerks. why can't all bloggers be like orin kerr?

http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2006/03/us_news_law_sch.html#comments

I find this comment thread a bit bizzare. Dan wasn't claiming to be the first person to lay his eyes on the rankings -- and was clear about where he got them. We aren't a reporting or news service here. Good for you for having discussed the rankings earlier today; we're just posting them for the benefit of readers who don't read "xoxohth," whatever that is.

Posted by: Ethan Leib | Mar 28, 2006 7:37:51 PM



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450608)





Date: March 28th, 2006 9:44 PM
Author: bistre racy dysfunction office

pompous ass prick

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5451124)





Date: April 24th, 2007 12:57 PM
Author: green alcoholic location

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=151040&mc=70&forum_id=2

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=331077

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=617425&mc=12&forum_id=2

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=591664&mc=9&forum_id=2

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=591875&mc=54&forum_id=2

http://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=591875&forum_id=2&PHPSESSID=d3275a68320df53fb45fe1e232cb3b53

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=591875&mc=55&forum_id=2

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=617176&mc=12&forum_id=2

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=613270&mc=1&forum_id=2

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=613270&mc=15&forum_id=2

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=613270&mc=12&forum_id=2

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=617793&mc=34&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#7992693)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:06 PM
Author: lake splenetic coldplay fan

i smell cease and desist orders arriving tommorow.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450611)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:53 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal piazza ceo

we can add Conglomerate to the list

http://www.theconglomerate.org/2006/03/spilling_the_ra.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450829)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:53 PM
Author: ungodly vigorous immigrant death wish



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450830)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:55 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal piazza ceo

yeah, prawfs is really ballsy to have that pdf hosted on their server. it's blatant copyright infringement.

they've really dropped the ball tonight

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450837)





Date: March 28th, 2006 9:21 PM
Author: hairraiser swollen set dingle berry

Does anyone know the answer? I notice prawfsblawg had a question to that effect up for a few seconds.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450973)





Date: March 28th, 2006 9:39 PM
Author: Apoplectic glittery theatre

We had a short discussion on this thread: http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=389024&mc=39&forum_id=2

I had thought it was clearly legal, but it turned out that was because the posters on the other side were TTTs. Now I'm not too sure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5451076)





Date: March 28th, 2006 8:58 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac sanctuary boltzmann

we shoulda put a watermark on it so nobody could steal the credit!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450854)





Date: March 28th, 2006 9:00 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal piazza ceo

prawfs just deleted every reference to xo being the original source from their comments.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450859)





Date: March 28th, 2006 9:26 PM
Author: Amber ratface

My suggestion is to close the comments. Once you "victimize" the patrons of xoxohth, they'll never leave you alone.

Posted by: Sam | Mar 28, 2006 9:17:40 PM

OWNED

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5450999)





Date: March 29th, 2006 12:30 AM
Author: fiercely-loyal piazza ceo

taxprof blog is now rightfully crediting us

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2006/03/advance_copy_of.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#5452553)





Date: April 24th, 2007 1:16 PM
Author: Cerebral mint cruise ship

LSD scooped xoxo this year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#7992798)





Date: April 24th, 2007 1:39 PM
Author: multi-colored haunting halford becky

update?

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2006/03/advance_copy_of.html

where's the link to xo?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=389032&forum_id=2#7992966)