3rd Party Feeds May Incur Liability Issues
A French court has punished web publishers because of snippets of text that appeared on their sites via an RSS reader. It is believed to be the first time that a website operator has been held responsible for content delivered by a third parties RSS feed. complete article
RSS Helps Communication Barrier Between Parent and Child
It is an age old dialogue: A parent asks a child what he did in school and hears…nothing. Staff members at Col. Mitchell Paige Middle School are making it easier for parents to discover what goes on there day to day . In moves considered to be progressive by county and state officials, the school’s technology department staffers have added RSS feeds and podcasts to the school Web site. Now, parents can subscribe to RSS feeds that deliver updates from the school’s Web pages to their computers, and they can listen to class lessons via podcasts, or Web broadcasts. complete article
Fair Use Defined by RIAA
Cary Sherman the President of the RIAA defined Fair Use and expressed his concern that it was being twisted far beyond what the original framers intended. Like a trademark that becomes generic, the fair use doctrine is in danger of losing its meaning and value if CEA’s self-serving claims are taken at face value. CEA has twisted and contorted “fair use” beyond its true intent, turning it into a free pass for those who simply don’t want to pay for creative works. Complete Article
FBI Adds More RSS
The FBI recently expanded their news feed offerings on the FBI.gov website to include wanted fugitives and missing children. The feeds, which enable subscribers to get new FBI content and site updates delivered to them, include the popular Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list and Most Wanted Terrorists list.
