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News events in world can't be copyrighted

Main source of value for newspapers is reporting on events in the real world and since those events can’t be copyrighted, and can be reported on by radio stations and TV programs and non-profits and webloggers and twitterers, news online will always be a competitive business in a way music is not.

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