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Subject:Re: Publishing articles on LinkedIn From:Kate Schneider <kateschneider42 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Janoff, Steven" <Steven -dot- Janoff -at- ga -dot- com> Date:Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:52:16 -0700
I got one of those a few weeks ago (so it's not just you). I deleted it.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Janoff, Steven <Steven -dot- Janoff -at- ga -dot- com>
wrote:
> "Content published on LinkedIn's publishing platform remains your work.
> You own the rights to any posts you publish."
>
>http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/47545/ft/eng
>
>http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/47445/ft/eng
>
> Interesting idea, although it seems to open the way to copyright abuse.
>
> With time and shaking out the bad stuff, this could be a real boon to the
> community.
>
> Steve
>
> PS - They're calling these "long-form posts" rather than articles. I'd be
> interested to know what that's about.
>
>
> On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 8:30 AM, Hannah Drake wrote:
>
> Why would one want to publish on LinkedIn? So LinkedIn owns it? Doesn't
> seem like a great deal. Unless you publish a summary and then link to your
> own site, or something.
>
> *Hannah Drake * Rock Maker Product Manager & Documentation Specialist
> *Formulatrix, Inc. * *office*: +1-781-788-0228 x 137
> *mobile*: +1-617-610-6456
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > I just got this message from LinkedIn:
> > Congrats Erika! You're invited to publish on LinkedIn I suppose
> > everybody gets these and the invite is just marketing writing.
> > Am I right?
> > Erika
>
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