Justice Department Backs AP's Proposed Digital News Registry
April 01 2010 - 2:01PM
Dow Jones News
Antitrust regulators at the U.S. Department of Justice said
Thursday that they support a plan by the Associated Press to create
a digital news registry designed to protect its content online from
unauthorized uses.
The AP also plans to open the registry to other news outlets
that want to use the database to license and protect their material
online.
Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney, the department's
antitrust chief, said the AP's proposed registry "may provide a
new, efficient way for news content users to identify applicable
terms of use and purchase licenses for Internet news content."
The AP's registry would tag and track its digital content online
to detect unauthorized use of its material. It would also
facilitate licensing and distribution of Internet news content.
The AP has billed the registry as a way for news content
providers to generate revenue online, while reducing the ability of
Internet sites to copy and post news stories without
permission.
-By Brent Kendall, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9222;
brent.kendall@dowjones.com
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