Re: [syndication] Re: Policies and so on

[Gay Gilmore <gay@mywireservice.com>]

MyWireService agrees with Jeremy ;-) -- our service is the aggregation, 
not the content.

In fact, the way we read the law on this matter: regardless of 
individual site's policies, our service is "fair use" of the content, 
in much the same way that a search engine (which also makes money, 
albeit from advertising) provides search results which are made up of 
other sites' content.  Our interpretation is further bolstered by the 
effect that our use of the material is to increase the value of the 
source, by driving traffic to the original publisher's website.

That said, we are always happy to remove a feed from our service if a 
publisher asks.

Gay Gilmore

http://MyWireService.com
http://TroyandGay.com


On Jan 28, 2004, at 5:51 PM, Jeremy Zawodny wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 06:38:13PM -0000, Jerome Chevillat wrote:
> > Some website provides rss feed for non profit organization and
> > non-commercial uses...
> >
> > Yahoo!Policy says (and I am quoting):
> >
> > > The feeds are provided free of charge for use by individuals and
> > > non-profit organizations for personal, non-commercial uses
> >
> > Here is my question... does online aggregator go again this policy ?
> > like MyWireService (http://www.mywireservice.com/), which plans to ask
> > 10$/year to use their services...
>
> Why do you draw a distinction between on-line aggregators and desktop
> aggregators?
>
> > I would say no since the service provided is the "aggregation" and not
> > the access to the feed itself!
> >
> > What do you guys think ?
>
> I, obviously not speaking for Yahoo, agree.  Others my not.
>
> Jeremy
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