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> Any blog that excerpts a bit of a news story is now guilty of copyright infringement It wasn't "a bit" at all, read the article. News stories are written in
by dmethvin 14y ago
> Any blog that excerpts a bit of a news story is now guilty of copyright infringement
It wasn't "a bit" at all, read the article. News stories are written in pyramid style, with the most important summary being in the lede, the first paragraph. That is what was being copied, as well as the title and any mention in the article that contained whatever keyword the user used for the search.
In this case the copier was also charging users directly for the content, it wasn't some indirect thing. Your summary seems both inaccurate and alarmist.
- greyman 14y agoExactly! In case of news stories, taking the headline and lede technically seems like a quoting, but in reality it is grabbing the substantial part of the original work. Moreover, when a journalist works on a story, he needs to compile much more information and interview much more sources that finally will appear in the news story, so there is much more hidden work, which the scraper don't need to do. I personally applaud this decision, and I am also a bit surprised that EFF would support the scrappers. I also like this quote and think the Judge is exactly right: "Judge Cote rejected the fair use claim in large part because she didn’t buy Meltwater’s claim that it’s a “search engine” that makes transformative use of the AP’s content. Instead, Cote concluded that Meltwater is more like a business rival to AP: “Instead of driving subscribers to third-party websites, Meltwater News acts as a substitute for news sites operated or licensed by AP.”