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Isn't this essentially scrapping content from other web sites with out their permission, removing all the ads, and then presenting them in a nice way. I always

by csmeder 16y ago

Isn't this essentially scrapping content from other web sites with out their permission, removing all the ads, and then presenting them in a nice way. I always assumed this was not allowed?

ThomPete 16y ago
Well it's my information that they are scraping so I guess that is ok.
- random42 16y ago
  Even though, users may tweet a link, they are not the owner of the content of those links. IANAL, but I have a feeling, its NOT OK (both legally and ethically) for a commercial to redistribute the content (without taking prior permission/licensing, that is), deviating the original creators from revenue/traffic et al.
  - algebra 16y ago
    Article explains how they only redistribute teaser text and and that reaction from media companies has been positive— they all want to get in on Flipboards's recommendation engine.
    - random42 16y ago
      Ok. I should have done a basic study before making a comment. My bad!
- niekmaas 16y ago
  Quote from the article: "...what the company is doing might not be legal, since its software works by “scraping” content from other Web sites. But McCue insists there is no problem because Flipboard displays only a small part of an article, not the entire thing, and then embeds a link that takes a reader to the original." But I'm not sure if this is true. Scraping is scraping, regardless whether or not you link to it. In the last paragraph you can find this though "Flipboard hasn’t worked out a business model yet, but plans to put ads next to articles and then share some advertising revenue with publishers." Which indicates they do acknowledge the publishers for the content and want to share (potential) revenues with those publishers.
  - ehsanul 16y ago
    Scraping is scraping, regardless whether or not you link to it. By that logic, Google and other search providers' services should be up for scrutiny.
    - Timothee 16y ago
      I would add Facebook, which is more around the same model as Flipboard in that context: when you share a link on Facebook, it grabs the content to present a nice snippet with a picture, title and summary.

by csmeder 16y ago

Isn't this essentially scrapping content from other web sites with out their permission, removing all the ads, and then presenting them in a nice way. I always assumed this was not allowed?

ThomPete 16y ago

Well it's my information that they are scraping so I guess that is ok.

random42 16y ago
Even though, users may tweet a link, they are not the owner of the content of those links. IANAL, but I have a feeling, its NOT OK (both legally and ethically) for a commercial to redistribute the content (without taking prior permission/licensing, that is), deviating the original creators from revenue/traffic et al.
- algebra 16y ago
  Article explains how they only redistribute teaser text and and that reaction from media companies has been positive— they all want to get in on Flipboards's recommendation engine.
  - random42 16y ago
    Ok. I should have done a basic study before making a comment. My bad!
niekmaas 16y ago
Quote from the article: "...what the company is doing might not be legal, since its software works by “scraping” content from other Web sites. But McCue insists there is no problem because Flipboard displays only a small part of an article, not the entire thing, and then embeds a link that takes a reader to the original." But I'm not sure if this is true. Scraping is scraping, regardless whether or not you link to it. In the last paragraph you can find this though "Flipboard hasn’t worked out a business model yet, but plans to put ads next to articles and then share some advertising revenue with publishers." Which indicates they do acknowledge the publishers for the content and want to share (potential) revenues with those publishers.
- ehsanul 16y ago
  Scraping is scraping, regardless whether or not you link to it. By that logic, Google and other search providers' services should be up for scrutiny.
  - Timothee 16y ago
    I would add Facebook, which is more around the same model as Flipboard in that context: when you share a link on Facebook, it grabs the content to present a nice snippet with a picture, title and summary.