TWiL Discusses Implied Licenses on RSS Feeds
By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 29th, 2007 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues, Linkworthy, NewsThis Week in Law (TWiL), a podcast with lawyer Denise Howell done in tandem with the popular This Week in Tech (TWiT) podcast, discusses the issues of copyright, RSS feeds and implied license in its most recent podcast.
With special guest Jason Calacanis, blog entrepreneur and former head of Weblogs Inc., the panel reaches roughly the same conclusion that I did back in August, that there is no implied license to scrape RSS feeds.
At nearly an hour and a half in length, it’s a long podcast but it’s a great discussion about all things copyright and RSS. It’s a must-listen for anyone interested in these issues, no matter what side you are on.
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