For some crazy reason a lot of people think just because it is published in an RSS feed you can republish it.
Status: False
It is illegal to republish content from an RSS feed without the copyright owner’s permission. Period. No ifs ands or buts.
You can use part of the content if you follow the proper fair use procedures, but copying a whole article can get you in huge trouble. If you run a blog that is nothing but stolen articles you could very well be prosecuted both civilly and criminally.
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March 12th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
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April 6th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Thanks for posting this. I don’t know how many people will read and understand it, but we need to take a firm stand to protect our work.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
One thing I think is really interesting is how sploggers are starting to do things more manually. Instead of ripping from RSS feeds they are beginning to do copy + paste, mostly to avoid any “watermarks” and links in the post.
Oh well.
April 7th, 2007 at 9:24 am
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