News giants: limit free riders from rewriting "our" facts
- Wednesday, 23 June 2010 12:30
Just a day after Google and Twitter called the legal concept of "hot news" obsolete, the major news heavyweights have collectively thrown their hat into the ring in support of the nebulous restriction.
The Associated Press, New York Times, Time, Washington Post, Agence France-Presse, Advance Publications, and others submitted their own amicus brief in the ongoing legal case between theflyonthewall.com and Barclays Capital. They aren't taking a side in the dispute, but they do want the ability to tell others not to re-report "their" facts.













