Identifier
Created
Classification
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09ASTANA231
2009-02-09 01:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Astana
Cable title:
KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - WHAT WEB LINKS ARE
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UNCLAS ASTANA 000231
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR R, L, IIP, SCA/CEN, SCA/PPD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAO KIPR KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - WHAT WEB LINKS ARE
PERMITTED FOR EMBASSY WEB SITES?
UNCLAS ASTANA 000231
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR R, L, IIP, SCA/CEN, SCA/PPD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAO KIPR KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - WHAT WEB LINKS ARE
PERMITTED FOR EMBASSY WEB SITES?
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para six below.
3. (SBU) Embassy Astana noticed that a recent article in "The
Washington Post" was an excellent expression of the Obama
Administration's traditional family and community values that would
communicate especially effectively with our audience in Kazakhstan
that values extended families: "From the Second City, An Extended
Family: Obama's Mother-in-Law, Other Chicagoans Bring Home to the
White House," Eli Saslow, "The Washington Post," 02-01-09.
4. (SBU) The Ambassador asked that it be linked to the Embassy's
public web site to demonstrate common U.S.-Kazakhstan values. This
led to an internal Embassy debate, with the Public Affairs Officer
arguing that Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) considerations
preclude such a link to U.S.-government web sites of specific
articles from media (and other, e.g., think-tank) web sites, without
explicit permission, and so it would be better to err on the side of
caution. Some pointed out that such e-linkage is now widely
accepted common practice by bloggers, especially, and by other
commercial and non-commercial web sites (except for links to those
media web sites that financially charge access to full texts of
articles). (NOTE: See especially http://drudgereport.com and
http://huffingtonpost.com -- simply to give two examples on the
political spectrum. END NOTE.) Others continued to suggest that
IPR considerations preclude such across-the-board links without
explicit, case-by-case permission. And so, we queried IIP by e-mail
for guidance.
5. (SBU) The reply we received was almost word-for-word the same
guidance that has been issued for 20 and more years, when we were
still in the hard-copy age before the Internet age -- that IIP is
prepared to seek copyright permission for distribution of specific
articles, upon request by Embassies, on a case-by-case basis. With
all due respect, this makes no sense in the electronic age. "The
New York Times" recently started posting a header above all of its
articles available on the Internet (print version) that informs
readers, in part, "This copy is for your personal, noncommercial use
only." We would note that Embassy web sites are noncommercial.
6. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Because we are in the immediate 24/7
media age, not the print-copy age of previous generations, and to
achieve timely distribution, we ask that R, IIP, and L develop
guidance for Embassies world-wide on the question of linking to
their public web sites the electronic version of specific articles
that advance U.S. policy goals and demonstrate U.S. values. We also
invite other Posts to weigh in with their views and experiences.
HOAGLAND
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR R, L, IIP, SCA/CEN, SCA/PPD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAO KIPR KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - WHAT WEB LINKS ARE
PERMITTED FOR EMBASSY WEB SITES?
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para six below.
3. (SBU) Embassy Astana noticed that a recent article in "The
Washington Post" was an excellent expression of the Obama
Administration's traditional family and community values that would
communicate especially effectively with our audience in Kazakhstan
that values extended families: "From the Second City, An Extended
Family: Obama's Mother-in-Law, Other Chicagoans Bring Home to the
White House," Eli Saslow, "The Washington Post," 02-01-09.
4. (SBU) The Ambassador asked that it be linked to the Embassy's
public web site to demonstrate common U.S.-Kazakhstan values. This
led to an internal Embassy debate, with the Public Affairs Officer
arguing that Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) considerations
preclude such a link to U.S.-government web sites of specific
articles from media (and other, e.g., think-tank) web sites, without
explicit permission, and so it would be better to err on the side of
caution. Some pointed out that such e-linkage is now widely
accepted common practice by bloggers, especially, and by other
commercial and non-commercial web sites (except for links to those
media web sites that financially charge access to full texts of
articles). (NOTE: See especially http://drudgereport.com and
http://huffingtonpost.com -- simply to give two examples on the
political spectrum. END NOTE.) Others continued to suggest that
IPR considerations preclude such across-the-board links without
explicit, case-by-case permission. And so, we queried IIP by e-mail
for guidance.
5. (SBU) The reply we received was almost word-for-word the same
guidance that has been issued for 20 and more years, when we were
still in the hard-copy age before the Internet age -- that IIP is
prepared to seek copyright permission for distribution of specific
articles, upon request by Embassies, on a case-by-case basis. With
all due respect, this makes no sense in the electronic age. "The
New York Times" recently started posting a header above all of its
articles available on the Internet (print version) that informs
readers, in part, "This copy is for your personal, noncommercial use
only." We would note that Embassy web sites are noncommercial.
6. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Because we are in the immediate 24/7
media age, not the print-copy age of previous generations, and to
achieve timely distribution, we ask that R, IIP, and L develop
guidance for Embassies world-wide on the question of linking to
their public web sites the electronic version of specific articles
that advance U.S. policy goals and demonstrate U.S. values. We also
invite other Posts to weigh in with their views and experiences.
HOAGLAND