>> Second, if the only value you, as a publisher, provide, is the lead paragraph, then you're not providing much value and you deserve to go out of business.
The Law in question does not distinguish between "valuable" or "not valuable" content. You are applying reason to law. Law systems are trying to be internally consistent rather then being reasonable. It is up to the copyright holder to sue the alleged copyright violator.
On the other hand if all the "news papers" go out of business, whom would the aggregators aggregate?
These's got to be a symbiotic alliance that's good for both.
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>> Second, if the only value you, as a publisher, provide, is the lead paragraph, then you're not providing much value and you deserve to go out of business.
The Law in question does not distinguish between "valuable" or "not valuable" content. You are applying reason to law. Law systems are trying to be internally consistent rather then being reasonable. It is up to the copyright holder to sue the alleged copyright violator.
On the other hand if all the "news papers" go out of business, whom would the aggregators aggregate?
These's got to be a symbiotic alliance that's good for both.