Ars Technica: DRM for news? Inside the AP’s plan to “wrap” its content
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 00:14 via Delicious/martinstabe
"AP is simply relying on a newly-developed microformat called hNews. ... In what way does this scheme 'wrap' and 'protect' the news? It doesn't; it simply marks it up, and adding tags expressing a content creator's wishes on reuse has no bearing on someone's rights under US copyright law. ... You'll be forgiven if you find it difficult to square the reality of hNews with the AP's pronouncements about it." Read More...
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