Out-Law.com: ECJ rules that 11-word clippings can infringe copyright
July 29th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Legal, Online Journalism
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that that reproducing news clippings for sale to clients could infringe copyright, reports Out-Law.com.
“Danish clippings service Infopaq was taken to court by Danish newspaper industry body Danske Dagblades Forening (DDF) over its reproduction of 11-word snippets of news for sale to clients.”
Related links: the UK’s Newspaper Licensing Agency’s hyperlink protection plans and subsequent aggregator backlash.
Tags: Danske Dagblades Forening, ddf, ecj, european court of justice, Infopaq, out-law.com, UK's Newspaper Licensing Agency
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