The Associated Press is heading into court to defend its copyright, but its leaders swear they’re not on a crusade against aggregators. How the case evolves could pivot on how a court considers the site AP is suing — as a news clipping service or as a search engine.
http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/02/is-the-ap-suing-an-aggregator-or-a-search-engine-in-the-meltwater-case/
Funny how this comes along right after the AP launched it's "NewsRight" and also stated they were not in this for litigation...
http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/02/is-the-ap-suing-an-aggregator-or-a-search-engine-in-the-meltwater-case/
Funny how this comes along right after the AP launched it's "NewsRight" and also stated they were not in this for litigation...