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.