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NickCoons
msg:3328648 | 3:02 pm on May 2, 2007 (gmt 0) |
I have a news aggregate site that posts links to articles and then allows user comments (in a Slashdot-style) with a niche topic. However, it seems the articles that I link to tend to disappear after a few weeks or so. Any idea why that may be? I was wondering if I might be able to cache the articles, similar to the way Archive.org does (assuming the site doesn't forbid it with robots.txt) and link to the cache so I know that I'm always linking to a working version of the article.
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eventus
msg:3329377 | 1:51 am on May 3, 2007 (gmt 0) |
The articles get taken down on AP partner news sites generally after 14 days by contract. Only AHN lets 180 day archiving I believe Altough you can cache (copy) their content you probably shouldn't. 1: You generally violate copyrignt when you cache.. Are you an AHN, AP, Reuters, AFP licensee? Get permission... News organizations register their copyrights, that means statutory damages. 2: If the article gets changed or retracted and then you fail to update then you can be liable for libel or even worse. Lawyers, specifically lawyers for celebrities live for this.
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NickCoons
msg:3329506 | 7:18 am on May 3, 2007 (gmt 0) |
So how does something like the Wayback Machine get away with caching the entire internet? Certainly they obey robots.txt, and I would think that would be the only criteria. Or is this one of those "I'd probably be right if I followed robots.txt, but I could get dragged through court by lawyers and it wouldn't be worth it" sort of situations?
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eventus
msg:3329658 | 11:14 am on May 3, 2007 (gmt 0) |
The Internet Archive at archive.org (aka 'wayback machine') is entirely non-commercial, however they still get sued occasionally. You can almost guarantee a suit if your site is in anyway commercial in nature or seeks any revenues. You should read the FAQ and news section.
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