I don't see it as simply an issue of supply and demand. It also has to do with the ethics of publishers who stretch fair use to its boundaries and beyond. The

I don't see it as simply an issue of supply and demand. It also has to do with the ethics of publishers who stretch fair use to its boundaries and beyond. The money quote for me in the article is: I am sure you can do what is the common practice these days and just have one of your interns rewrite the story as it was published elsewhere, but hopefully stating that is how the information was acquired. That seems to be what most of journalism is about these days. You have sites like a Business Insider whose forte is bright and colorful presentation of work copied from other sites.