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Had an interesting exchange with a couple of journalists over the holiday weekend regarding the importance of exclusivity in publications.  Long story short, they still believed it was necessary.  In other words, the idea is that publications are not valid unless the majority of their content is exclusive to the publication. And I still maintain that position is not only stupid but no longer exists. First, the Internet make exclusivity nearly impossible.  As soon as something is published online it starts getting spread all over the earth.  More often then not, the exclusive content is pirated in publications based in other countries wither copyright law isn't that much of a concern.  Now there are some publishing houses, like TechInsights that still seek legal action against people pirating their stuff, even when the other publications specifically give them credit, but TechInsights makes the valid point that if they can read it elsewhere, then why re...