As far as I know (from trolling around WWW conference this year at which google/google news had a reasonable presence) google is not licensing news material at all. Part of the reason that google news is in permanent beta is because of this issue. They get away with it beacuase, as someone above noted, they are goolge. Their use is against TOS, but as they drive traffic, noone cares.
MattH http://datamining.typepad.com On 8/11/05, Stephen Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They're not republishing the news, they're linking to it. Much as I > could make a "stephen's favourite news stories" page each day. > > On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 17:43 +0100, Amias Channer wrote: > > On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 15:50:51 +0100 > > Tony Hirst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Out of interest - how *do* google get away with republishing other > > > providers news? > > > > With great wads of cash paid to licence them i suspect , google have > > a lot of funds at their disposal which can make certain options > > available to them that aren't to others. > > > > And a now for a not entirely unrelated twist : > > > > It would be useful if a clear method to go from 'prototypes' to production > > code using BBC data where available . When i last asked this question i was > > asked to email someone for a quote . This is not unacceptable but it is > > slightly cumbersome and prevents quite a few coders from using bbc stuff. > > > > If there where a clear path between the backstage content and the commercial > > content then more commercial developers would be involved in the backstage > > process. > > This would produce more prototypes of a more reusable nature > > > > Maybe i am misunderstanding the purpose of these open feeds but there where > > more signups to commercial use of BBC data as a result then surely this > > would > > be even more of a win for everyone ? > > > > Toodle-pip > > Amias > > > > P.S i am more than happy with what bbc backstage have offered so far and am > > very > > pleased that at last my taxes are going toward something i actually approve > > of ;-) > > > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
