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Sorry for the ambiguity. United States. US companies, US servers, US dollars. I don't "Know" that they haven't applied for the rights but the manner in which

Sorry for the ambiguity. United States. US companies, US servers, US dollars. I don't "Know" that they haven't applied for the rights but the manner in which the content drips in it is pretty obvious that they are just harvesting what they can come up with based on a google alert on our niche. Copying photos and text in their entirety from these newspapers. I find it hard to believe that they are getting copyright permission within 24 hours of the article appearing on the newspaper's website. The Newspaper sources are based in US, Canada, UK, NZ, Australia.

pbhjpbhj 16y ago
Personally I would send a message to each of the largest players (or most notable for protecting online content) in each of the jurisdictions requesting to use their content in the same manner as company X - that you too would like to post their stories and images immediately after release - and requesting what it would cost for you to be licensed to do the same. If you're serious then you should send the request by post using registered mail. Probably marked something like "FAO copyright licensing department (legal)". Either they give you terms that are agreeable or they say something along the lines of "when hell freezes over" and you've appraised them of the actions of your competitor. You might want to check the sources for the stories, perhaps your competitor is just getting AP or Reuters alerts and licensing off the wire?