I have an idea for a news aggregation app/site with typical features like saving articles for offline reading, organizing them etc, as well as a unique feature that I am experimenting right now. What are the ways to avoid any copyright issues if I am aggregating news from websites like WSJ, NYT, Reuters, AP etc and displaying the news in my app? Do I have to get any license from them, or can I just use their RSS feed? How much does it usually cost? Its how News360, Flipboard, News Republic display the news article in app, i.e. remove ads from the source's feed/webpage, clean interface. App will be free to users except the unique feature that I just mentioned. I am also very much interested in getting some consultation on call from Clarity.fm experts in this area so let me know in your response if you can provide inputs.
You are swimming in murky waters. In the USA, there is a "fair copyright law" that lets you publish and use other people's content for educational and critique purposes but if you want to monetize a business using other people's intellectual property, I highly recommend that you consult your legal counsel when you have a clearer definition of your platform and business model. The best way to curate and publish other people's content is to have some kind of royalty or payment agreement with your content source to avoid lawsuits, that are most likely to happen once you start building your brand.
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