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Dissolving Innovation In Meltwater: A Misguided Paradigm For Online Search, Bill D. Herman
Dissolving Innovation In Meltwater: A Misguided Paradigm For Online Search, Bill D. Herman
Bill D. Herman
With the exponential increases in online information, internet search engines have helped fill a substantial and growing need for the capacity to sort through and manage data. News outlets in general and newspapers in particular are among the most socially important sources of online content being indexed, and these outlets are faring rather poorly in the internet economy. Both of these sectors are thus in a precarious, potentially conflicted relationship, with copyright law serving as the primary legal basis for mediating the relationship. A 2013 decision, Associated Press v. Meltwater, is one recent attempt to mediate this relationship. In …
Dissolving Innovation In Meltwater: A Misguided Paradigm For Online Search, Bill D. Herman
Dissolving Innovation In Meltwater: A Misguided Paradigm For Online Search, Bill D. Herman
Bill D. Herman
With the exponential increases in online information, internet search engines have helped fill a substantial and growing need for the capacity to sort through and manage data. News outlets in general and newspapers in particular are among the most socially important sources of online content being indexed, and these outlets are faring rather poorly in the internet economy. Both of these sectors are thus in a precarious, potentially conflicted relationship, with copyright law serving as the primary legal basis for mediating the relationship. A 2013 decision, Associated Press v. Meltwater, is one recent attempt to mediate this relationship. In …