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Website duplication, in which content is lifted wholesale from a website and hosted elsewhere without permission, could be costing UK news publishers millions in lost revenue and resources. It’s a problem that appears to be growing, but one which many news publishers may be unaware is affecting them. While some news outfits complain about their stories being “ripped off” when they appear in rival titles without sufficient credit, website duplication takes copyright theft to a more serious...

NMA Condemns Fake News Sites Which Exploit Real Journalism The News Media Association has said that fake news websites which scrape and republish content from real journalistic outlets to gain advertising revenue pose a direct threat to journalism and should be stopped. Several examples of fake news websites targeting genuine local news websites in a systematic way by scraping and republishing content have surfaced in recent months.  KentOnline reported today how the Kent Chronicle website l...