Posted on 07/28/2008 2:34:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Several newspapers and The Associated Press have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit against the operator of a collection of Web sites, the news organizations announced Friday.
The Police News Publishing Co., Breck Porter and six affiliated Web sites had been accused of accessing the news content of the organizations without their authorization and posting it on the Web sites, where advertising appears. The content was then archived; the archiving, publication, distribution and display of the content all violated the news organizations' copyright, according to the suit.
Porter, of Galveston, was the editor of the various Web sites.
In addition to the AP, the other plaintiffs were the Houston Chronicle, The Beaumont Enterprise, the San Antonio Express-News, as well as Hearst Corp., which owns all three of those papers. The Galveston County Daily News, The Brazosport Facts, The Baytown Sun and The Tribune of Bay City were also plaintiffs in the case.
Under a settlement agreement, Porter and his Web sites will only be able to copy the headline and up to the first two sentences of any stories from the newspapers. The Web sites can copy and publish only headlines and the first paragraph from AP stories provided to them by the news service.
All stories used by the Web sites must be attributed to their original sources and include a copyright notice and link to the original work.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessweek.com ...
So if we follow FR excerpt limits....we’re good to go?
Thanks....
Noted. And bump.
Is exposing the author of an AP story as either a liar or a fool considered to be "adversely impacting the copyright holder's market"?
Looks like it will have be even tighter than the normal excerpt limits - first two sentences, not first two or three paragraphs.
Thanks for the update.
LOL. Ask Dan Rather.
We don’t have advertising.....
I’d return the favor and start demanding shares of the revenue for directing traffic to their stories.
I don’t really miss ap stuff personally.. the french agency is quite entertaining and reuters delivers as bad as ap ever did.
Sorry for the dumb question, but what does “fair us” parameters mean?
Damned if I know.
Two sentences and a link? Got it. BTT.
It appears that “Fair” is within the eye of the beholder (or whomever has the cleverest lawyer$$$).
Aw heck, there goes the neighborhood!!
While we are on the subject, any chance of getting a list of banned sources and excerpt only sources linked to the side bar? I’m seeing Getty images often.
The thread that is always referenced when this is brought up is unwieldy to use.
I had merely sought to satisfy your overwhelming need for information about how we were handling AP.
But no, you wanted to take that as a personal attack.
Doesn't sound to me like you have the temperament yet to deal with serious matters of state. Maybe you should go back to Obama's staff!
bttt
Jim, am I reading this correctly regarding AP stories, where we can only post the headline and the first paragraph of the AP story? I see no problem with a putting a link to the story as we already do that, but what about the copyright notice?
Good point! :)
Until the congress defines what they mean by “fair use” (or throws it out and returns the First Amendment to its proper place as the supreme law of the land regarding “news reporting”) then it’s up to whoever has the sharpest, most aggressive lawyers to decide.
“I had merely sought to satisfy your overwhelming need for information about how we were handling AP.”
If you read the posts then you would know where my stance was. I started out giving the poster a hard time for starting the thread in the first place.
I then insulted the AP.
You started out with a personal attack and a condescending manner due to your inability to comprehend basic english.
Oh and read my tag line before you accuse me of being on Obama’s staff. As it is I have no more time to waste with your petty insults and arguments. As I requested before, please don’t post to me. I will return the courtesy.
A Freeper a long time ago posted an idea that I liked. Just post the headline and we all just made up liberal points as to what probably was in the story. After a day or two, someone e-mails the entire thread to the liberal source.
so, was there or was there not a copyright infringement ?
And that is the point. While the AP (and so many other “news” organizations) want to complain about lost revenue, they completely ignore what I believe amount to millions of hits when their material is posted on other sites such as FreeRepublic.
Google scores every time they redirect to a sight that is commercial in nature - because the redirect shows where it is from.
Thus, the AP and others can directly track where their hits come from. But you can bet they won’t keep track for anything except to see if we all comply with their “fair use” bologna...
bumped
You weren’t attacked. No doubt you imagined you were.
Note the girl in the orange t-shirt.
** The Web sites can copy and publish only headlines and the first paragraph from AP stories provided to them by the news service. **
So is this the rule, Jim? Or can we use excerpt?
See my post #1 above and I answered a few questions to the best of my ability later in the thread.
**A Freeper a long time ago posted an idea that I liked. Just post the headline and we all just made up liberal points as to what probably was in the story. After a day or two, someone e-mails the entire thread to the liberal source.**
What a hilarious fete that would be!
Okay, I understand attribution and link to the original work. We've always done that on FR, so no question there. But, exactly what would constitute a copyright notice for AP?
bttt
Thank you for all your hard work!
Without FR... that GOP Revolt would not have happened yesterday.
Obviously, I’m out of the loop, but there’s no reason for anyone else to be. Massive ping (829).
Thanks! I was puzzled by seeing AP stories that didn’t get nuked.
You’re welcome. I finally thought I’d better track it down, someone on a thread mentioned that it had been resolved, but didn’t send a link or anything.
Welcome to the club. I know for a while now, we haven't been able to post more than a couple of sentences from AP I've been out of town in New Mexico. Bandelier is magnificent.
Bandelier NM? I’ve heard that one entered the charts pretty high, with a bullet.
Thanks.
Thanks.
I was wondering.
Will probably continue personal AP boycott for a little while just on GP.
The "two sentences and a link" rule is for sites that republish with advertising with intent to turn a profit. Free Republic is a "not for profit" organization and doesn't have any advertising. Still, stay within "fair use."
Spot-on!
Further I believe if the piece is exposed as being untrue and/or intended to "mislead" (Example: Dan Rather Memogate) then such is considered NOT "fair" (At least by Liberals and Socialists < /redundancy > )
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