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GateHouse vs. The New York Times

By Scot Hacker, January 30, 2009

When a site publishes an RSS feed, are rights of reproduction automatically implied? Can any site embed any other site's RSS feeds into itself, or is RSS only meant for "personal consumption?" The case of GateHouse vs. The New York Times has far-reaching implications for the sharing of headlines and ledes between sites.