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I think they need(ed) to look at this outside the context of this being a digital solution. If Meltweather had people go through web-pages and pick out referen

I think they need(ed) to look at this outside the context of this being a digital solution. If Meltweather had people go through web-pages and pick out references to a client name, and then type up the relevant quotes and send the client a letter by snail mail containing references to where the client was mentioned, would this even be a discussion?

Someone 14y ago
I think the "typing by hand" is irrelevant as it is just a means of copying without any or significant creative part from the copier (and even if it did involve creativity, it might still be copyright infringement. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Co._v._King http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Co._v._King) Clipping services that photocopied and snail mailed articles from newspapers have existed for ages and, certainly in the EU, they pay copyright holders. From cursory looks at EU cases, it seems to me that the primary distinction the EU makes is that of deep linking search results (permitted) vs providing a portal where users do not click through to original content (copyright infringement) Of course, there are gray areas here, but at least, IMO the intent is what 'the people' find reasonable.