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June 3, 2021updated 30 Sep 2022 10:20am

Website duplication: Publishers need to wake up to growing ‘threat to journalism’

By Freddy Mayhew

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 level.

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