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:Author: 		Tobias Schlitt
:Date:			Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:00:29 +0100
:Revision: 		2
:Copyright:		CC by-nc-sa


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Aggregating and stealing content
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:Description:
    Back from vacation I found an interessting article via Kore, which deals
    with the problem of content aggregation, based on German law. The main
    sense is basically: "Someone who provides forgein content on the net
    without asking for a permission violates copyright. This results in
    entitlement for omission and damages. If the aggregated content is
    additonally provided with ads, the provider possibly incurs a penalty."
    Hopefully I translated all the law terms correctly. To avoid
    misunderstandings, I quote the original words in German:

Back from vacation I found an `interessting article`__ via `Kore`__, which
deals with the problem of content aggregation, based on German law. The main
sense is basically: "Someone who provides forgein content on the net without
asking for a permission violates copyright. This results in entitlement for
omission and damages. If the aggregated content is additonally provided with
ads, the provider possibly incurs a penalty." Hopefully I translated all the
law terms correctly. To avoid misunderstandings, I quote the original words in
German:

.. __: http://www.lawblog.de/index.php/archives/2006/08/02/post-aus-hamburg-und-berlin/
.. __: http://kore-nordmann.de

    Denn, noch einmal: Wer fremde Inhalte im Netz veröffentlicht, ohne vorher
    zu fragen, verletzt das Urheberrecht. Das löst Unterlassungs- und
    Schadensersatzansprüche aus. Wer das Ganze noch mit Google-Anzeigen
    garniert, macht sich möglicherweise sogar strafbar.

In fact, the author states, that you violate copyright in Germany by
aggregating content from foreign websites without asking explicitly for
permission.

Again I have to emphasize, that **I do not have a problem with having my
content aggregated anywhere**, as long as the style and number of ads is
moderate and the purpose of aggregation not only to make pure money with my
words.

`Read the previous story about phpfreaks.com`__

.. __: /opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html


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