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New York Times Sued Over URL Linking

Posted by samzenpus on from the can-you-sue-for-heat dept.

Davros writes "GateHouse Media, which publishes more than 100 papers in Massachusetts, accuses the Times of violating copyright by allowing its Boston Globe online unit to copy verbatim the headlines and first sentences from articles published on sites owned by GateHouse."

2 of 74 comments (clear)

  1. Google says "take the deal." by Nirvelli · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to TFA, when this happened to Google News, Google settled with the complaining news agency.
    I don't see NYT trying anything different.

  2. Re:Well now they are sure to get noticed... by reset_button · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good thing Slashdotters don't read articles. Otherwise we would be an accessory to linking an article about linking articles.