Who Owns Blog And RSS Content?
PC Mag takes on the question of who owns content, especially where RSS Feeds are concerned:
Every day people put virtual truckloads of information into the public domain. Books are published. Newspapers printed. A lot of that ends up on the Internet as well, along with the words of bloggers and other online denizens. All of these people make content public so that others can hopefully benefit from it.
Once it is out in the public domain, who owns it? Well, the author of course, or in some cases, their employers. That makes sense when we’re talking about a web Wage. But sometimes, in order to make it easier for people to find and read the information, it is delivered as an RSS feed. RSS breaks down the information into article-sized chunks and streams it out so that news-reading tools can grab it and display it for users.
This article raises some interesting points however while it is frustrating to see your work republished without recognition and with RSS Feeds becoming more popular the problem only gets bigger.
This is a rather black hat technique though and the reality is still that unique, relevant and recent content is still more valuable in the long run. Taking the time to add your own mark to each post is valuable in establishing your credibility.
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