ControlAltTV: Newspapers will never understand the Internet
Howard Owens
· 10 months ago
You obviously did not read any of the detailed documentation on the Web about the GateHouse NYT lawsuit, nor are you technically savvy enough to understand how robots.txt works.
Because the NYT was using an automated RSS aggregator, putting anything in the robots.txt file would have done nothing to stop the aggregation.
Further, this case wasn't about linking. It was about creating an anti-competitive product using verbatim headlines and leads from directly competitive news source.
You'll notice that GHM never complained about any links from Boston.com prior to the launch of Your Town and part of the settlement included the right of Boston.com to continue to link to GHM sites, including its in search engine, which aggregates all of GHM's content.
The suit was very narrowly focused on a specific use of GHM's content.
admin
· 10 months ago
"If content creators care more about protecting their content, then add a robot.txt file on their website that forbids Google, Yahoo and all the other search engines to index their sites."
Didn't say anything about RSS aggs. I was talking about those that don't want their content index by search engines.
And yes, you can mess up RSS aggregates, like the Huffington Post. Just include ads in the RSS feeds. It works, trust me!
Howard Owens
· 9 months ago
A) I never called you an idiot.
B) I never was CEO ... not even close.
Those are both in response to your tweet.
C) I never said ads couldn't be served in RSS. Of course I know ads can be served in RSS, but that would have zero relevance to the Boston.com case.
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Because the NYT was using an automated RSS aggregator, putting anything in the robots.txt file would have done nothing to stop the aggregation.
Further, this case wasn't about linking. It was about creating an anti-competitive product using verbatim headlines and leads from directly competitive news source.
You'll notice that GHM never complained about any links from Boston.com prior to the launch of Your Town and part of the settlement included the right of Boston.com to continue to link to GHM sites, including its in search engine, which aggregates all of GHM's content.
The suit was very narrowly focused on a specific use of GHM's content.
Didn't say anything about RSS aggs. I was talking about those that don't want their content index by search engines.
And yes, you can mess up RSS aggregates, like the Huffington Post. Just include ads in the RSS feeds. It works, trust me!
B) I never was CEO ... not even close.
Those are both in response to your tweet.
C) I never said ads couldn't be served in RSS. Of course I know ads can be served in RSS, but that would have zero relevance to the Boston.com case.