Comments on UKBlawgers: Web Trends - What is the Commercial Answer?

The economics of legal information are difficult. ...

2006-05-31T23:39:00.000+01:00

The economics of legal information are difficult. Oscar Wilde's actual
quotation was as follows from Lady Windermere’s Fan, act 3 (1893): "Cecil
Graham: What is a cynic? Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."
There are two sides to it. The first is the supply
of expert labour to provide material - that is where sharing the task is
important. The second is an income stream to cover the costs. Andrew Keogh
is already seeking sponsorship but the original Wikipedia relies on donations. Andrew started his Wiki in response to the challenge
from Susskind. Our separate sites can still have individual uses and personalities but we should try to work together as well.

You end the piece with "the Wiki site would become...

2006-05-31T17:46:00.000+01:00

You end the piece with "the Wiki site would become more economically viable."

It was Oscar Wilde who said that "a fool knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."

Hello,I am Gavin from the Criminal Solicitor Dot N...

2006-05-30T00:33:00.000+01:00

Hello,

I am Gavin from the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net web site. Thank you for your comments regarding the site. I am always glad to hear that the site is of use to others.

You pose the question in your post about why not integrate the content from both WikiCrimeLine and Criminal Solicitor Dot Net? The answer is simple both sites serve different purposes. WikiCrimeLine is about being an extensive knowledge base on the criminal justice system. Criminal Solicitor Dot Net is about providing news and a discussion forum for users to talk about the criminal justice system. The CrimeLine updater is also an excellent resource for criminal justice news. As a consequence of both sites aiming to provide information to users we do sometimes cover the same ground.

If you look at the content of both sites you will see that the common ground is the coverage of case law and legislation. WikiCrimeLine then covers legal subjects in a text book resource like manner. Criminal Solicitor Dot Net covers subjects raised/posted in the forums that are perhaps issues of the day such as legal aid news, or practitioners seeking views of other practitioners.

My personal view is that both sites serve the legal community well and that both sites have their own distinct purpose.