Judge Limits Fair Use, But Only Slightly

Last week AP won a court case against Meltwater, a company that allows organizations to keep track of where and how they're mentioned in the press. Meltwater provides its clients with the headline and a few snippets from each article that mentions them, and contends that this is fair use. AP argued that it isn't, and asked Meltwater to pay a license fee for using AP's content. James Joyner isn't impressed: Now, this strikes me as silly. Meltwater is in no ways a rival news service. It’s n...