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Old 11-04-2006, 01:49 PM  
Splum
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Originally Posted by jayeff View Post
If I write and publish an article on a blog, that article is my intellectual property and certain copyright protections are given me, even if I do not display a copyright notice. However, if I make that whole article available via an RSS feed - particularly since I can choose to make only an excerpt available - and do nothing else, I believe that a court would throw out any copyright case that I might subsequently try to bring against someone.
RSS is the same thing as HTML, coyrights extend to ALL INFORMATION published electronically or otherwise. It is ILLEGAL to use RSS for commercial purposes unless permission is specifically granted.
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