The long-running debate about the re-use of RSS feeds has exploded following the launch of the Top 10 Sources Web site in December and, in particular, RSS and Copyright, circa 2006 a defence of the site's approach by John Palfrey. He's not just involved with Top 10 Sources, he is also Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School , Clinical Professor of Law, and a copyright lawyer.
Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble provided some useful links to the debate in his post The RSS copyright can of worms is open - which dates from last year, showing that while this isn't a new issue, it has gathered pace. We've written about it ourselves - see The price of full feeds (December 8 2005) and Cashing in on fake blogs (November 17 2005) - as fake blogs, or splogs, are often built using full RSS feeds.
Update: Dave Winer has posted on Why Top Ten Sources is a Good Thing.
