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Content aggregation: spreading or stealing the news?

2020-06-24 18:50:51, , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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1857

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35

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12.38 min

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Adept

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13th to 15th

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in the same case, said that news aggregation is a complex issue, and that news organizations can profit from the practice, if the right balance is struck.

"The reality is that news organizations also often engage in news aggregation, offering links to, and leads, from other news sources," said Hosp.

In today's digital age, the content from recent news reports can be instantly distributed across the Internet's many blogs and news aggregation sites.

decided that copyright law pre-empted the hot news claim, though it also held that the hot news tort narrowly survives in the Second Circuit, in cases where the "extra elements" characteristic of hot news misappropriation tort exist.

More recently, in Barclays v.

Meltwater U.S. Holdings, Inc., et al., the AP is suing a company that uses the wire service's content, arguing that Meltwater Group's "Meltwater News" service – which is a news aggregator, or Web service that collects news reports – has committed both copyright infringement and the tort known as "hot news" misappropriation.

The AP claimed that Meltwater's actions pose a threat to the news industry.

"The news industry today is facing a period of crisis.

Boston.com agreed to stop aggregating GateHouseMedia's news content.

Because of the settlement, the court never tackled the legal question of when content aggregation becomes theft.

Earlier cases that might have provided guidance also settled without a court decision.

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