p2pnet - rss feed: BBC opens up RSS feeds
p2pnet.net News:- The BBC, Britain’s national broadcaster, says it’s taking a more laid-back approach to RSS feeds than in the past.
“Revised licence terms mean other sites can integrate RSS feeds from the BBC without offline contract negotiations, as was previously the case,” it says.
“We’ve raised the profile of how we are promoting them and are much more relaxed about other sites making use of feeds, which is an important step,” says BBC News website editor Pete Clifton.
“We want to share as much of our information as we can and reduce the restrictions we put on sites that can access them. We are making it much clearer and more simple for people to understand how they do this.”
Previously, people were encouraged to tap the feeds only for personal use, says the Beeb.
Now, however, “the approach is more open so that people can put BBC content on their own websites. It also allows people to interact much more with the content that the BBC produces.”
Initially, the RSS feeds will be available from the BBC’s news and sport websites.
But, “Sites that incite racial hatred or promote, facilitate or encourage illegal activity, for instance, are not permitted to display BBC content.”
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BBC - BBC eases rules on news feed use, May 11, 2005
