Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Granting access and granting right to redistribute (even just title + snippet) and use your content commercially are two completely different things.


And yet it is legal to produce and redistribute summaries as sufficiently transformative derivative works, and this has been court tested[1]. Of course in Australia we passed rather specific laws to the contrary, because lo and behold Rupert Murdoch wanted money and gosh darn it our government was going to give it to him[2].

[1] https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Search-Engines-Indexing-a...

[2] https://www.alrc.gov.au/publication/copyright-and-the-digita...




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2026 batch! Applications are open till July 27.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: