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Subject:  Legality of content scraping & republishing
Author:   TonyAddison1:   view profile | all posts by this author | add to favourites
Date:   08:55:53 8 September 2008
 

Hi Felicity, Matt

In fact most news services would challenge you pretty quickly even if you did accredit them. Where they offer an RSS feed they expect people to use the title and story summary but then link directly through to their article on their site.

Some will allow you to publish the full article but generally at a cost.

Kind regards
Tony

 
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      • Legality of content scraping & republishing, TonyAddison1, 8 Sep 08:55
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      Matthew You should look at the terms and conditions on the sites you intend to target.  You will also have to consider the liability for things like defamation, encouragement or ...
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