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The problem stems from HuffPo's new Chicago-focused site reusing entire concert previews from the Reader, Time Out Chicago, and The Onion's Decider without permission. To avoid complete plagiarism, it included links to the original story, which it said is good promotion for the destination sites. Reader editor Moser is definitely not a fan, saying:
You want to do a post that says, "According to Jessica Hopper, Bon Iver rules, check 'em out, go here for the info," fine. But taking an entire concert preview is bush league. Doing it as a practice is just beneath contempt.
HuffPo claims it was just an editorial oversight and has since changed the posts to a format resembling other aggregators like Digg and Google News, but the Reader has the screenshots to prove their case. We can't imagine it'll be stealing from any other local publications soon, but it's worth keeping an eye on the Huffington Post to make sure. If nothing else, it could start a pretty sweet Web war. [Source (See? We take this seriously, too): Wired via Propeller]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsDavid RussellDec 22nd 2008 5:35PM
Despite what the MPAA ads tell you, copyright infringement is not stealing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement
sitrucDec 22nd 2008 7:21PM
Looks around AOL Blogs...
no different than anything on these sites.
sitrucDec 22nd 2008 7:23PM
Looks around AOL Blogs...
sees same all over these sites.
MichelleDec 23rd 2008 12:59PM
I like Huffingtonpost, but what bugs me is all of their top stories are links to other websites - which is well and good, but where they step over the line for me, is how they attach their commenting system to the articles they aggregate. That leaves the impression that it's a Huff Post article, and it feels like "stealing" to me. They built their community on other people's work. You'll see a story get 1,000 or 3,000 comments, but no one comments at the actual site where the story is. As someone who runs an entertainment site (shameless plug - www.EclipseMagazine.com) I would love to have Huff link to my little corner of the web, but I wouldn't want them taking over the comments/community I'm trying to build.