Precedent of Associated Press in 1918 (Hot News Doctrine)
AP sued International News Service in 1918 for copying, rewriting and telegraphing / telephoning AP stories to western U.S. papers. The Supreme Court found that INS was competing unfairly and prevented INS from reproducing AP stories during the short period in which they had commercial value.
CONTEXT(Help)
-
The Future of Newspapers »The Future of Newspapers
▲
What strategies are open to newspapers?  »What strategies are open to newspapers?
▲
Enforce copyright and charge for copyrighted material online »Enforce copyright and charge for copyrighted material online
▲
24-hour embargo from aggregation »24-hour embargo from aggregation
■
Precedent of Associated Press in 1918 (Hot News Doctrine)
+Comments (0)
+Citations (1)
+About