Reaggregation
What does to reaggregate mean? It means to reform elements into a whole. It happens every day on the web, and not always lawfully. Technologies such as RSS (Really Simple Syndication) facilitate reaggregation and by their very nature are considered lawful. The XML structure of RSS is designed to summarize (not reproduce) web content and therefore when a feed is reproduced it is considered fair use. Although people often stuff an entire article into the description field of an RSS field, reaggregating such a feed can still be considered fair use. The person who created the feed knowingly violated the contract of a feed, in other words if you don´t want people to come along and reaggregate your entire article then use the description field correctly.
Posted by admin on 05-10-2007 at 06:05 pm
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