Dow Jones sues under hot news doctrine.
Complaint Dow Jones Hot News
Hot News / Misappropriation
Wading Into the Posner/Hot News/Linking Brouhaha
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Hot News / Misappropriation
Judge Posner started the discussion with this blog post which concludes:
Expanding copyright law to bar online access to copyrighted materials without the copyright holder’s consent, or to bar linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials without the copyright holder’s consent, might be necessary to keep free riding on content financed by online newspapers from so
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Dave Winer On AP and Hot News
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Hot News / Misappropriation
Dave Winer discusses AP’s recently announced enforcement efforts and the value of ‘hot news‘ on the Internet.
Nothing Older Than Yesterday’s Obituaries
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in Hot News / Misappropriation
Prof Goldman: Newspaper Obituaries Aren’t Hot News:
The Scranton Times is suing the Wilkes-Barre newspaper for republishing obituary notices in its Scranton edition that were initially published in the Scranton Times. But the Scranton Times has a problem–funeral homes typically write and submit the obituary notices, so the Scranton Times has no copyright interest
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