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Internet Copyright Law re RSS Feeds

Please see Drudge Report at

www.drudgereport.com.

This is an aggregator site that uses RSS

feeds from a variety of news sources.

Drudge uses only the news headline as

a link; the link then takes the web

surfer directly to the news story in the

originating news site. I assume they pay

no fees to originating news sites.

I am under the understanding -- from

talking with the owners of other similar

sites -- that as a �pointer site� it is

acknowledged in the Internet

community that this does not infringe

upon copyright law. In fact, it is a desire

of the originating news site that other

sites provide links to their site as more

hits means more impressions.

I am considering creating my own such

aggregator site and wanted to get a

legal opinion before I proceeded.

Opinions?

Thanks.


Asked on 9/12/06, 1:25 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Stone Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE

Re: Internet Copyright Law re RSS Feeds

I assume that since Drudge and other aggregators (my favorite is BuzzFlash.com) can deep link, who knows, maybe you can too. Google on "deep linking". Maybe there is a wikipedia page on "deep linking".

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Answered on 9/12/06, 1:40 am


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