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I can't tell if the question is asked in earnest but copyright is the law being violated. Instapaper likely has the same issues, but at least the page is actu

I can't tell if the question is asked in earnest but copyright is the law being violated. Instapaper likely has the same issues, but at least the page is actually viewed once to save the article so the content owners may not care as much. This is going to be a ongoing issue and, frankly, the content owners have a very valid point.

jrockway 16y ago
Copyright has fair-use provisions. I don't see how using a service to reformat content and remove ads is any different than using a DVR to record TV and fast-forward through commercials, or to use the feature of your TV that converts 4:3 content to something that fills the 16:9 screen. It may not be what the people holding the copyright on that content want, but our society has decided that's Too Fucking Bad. An application that downloads articles and removes the ads is like a DVR for web content. And, honestly, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to allow outsourcing of the DVR-ing. I can pay someone to clean my house; why can't I pay someone to record TV and then send me the video files?