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Originally Posted by Kristian
Offering syndication, to me at least, implies consent that your content be syndicated.
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The folks who tell you this is wrong, and you are stealing, are not fully considering this issue of implied (or perhaps explicit) consent. Unfortunately, there are as yet no court opinions that have considered the issue either. We simply don't know what the courts will say about this issue, yet.
Personally, I think the consent argument is very powerful. To me, publishing an RSS feed and then screaming when somebody syndicates it is like publishing a web page and then screaming when somebody links to it. The very act of publishing something on the web is an explicit invitation to link, and thus complaining about unwanted links is pure foolishness. Similarly, I believe complaining about unwanted syndication is an admission that you don't understand what RSS is for.