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How will other newspapers react to the Guardian opening up their content for free via 'Open Platform'?

If their website terms & conditions are anything to go by, they have a long way to go to embrace the internet.

Mirror: no linking

It's fairly standard for any publication to forbid people from copying its material. But some papers have gone so far with their site T&Cs (quoted below) that you're not allowed to link to — or even read — their website. Legal departments: can I suggest you review these… They kind of conflict with all those 'share' buttons you have!

Daily Mirror: no linking

Clause 2.1: «You also agree not to deep-link… to the Site for any purpose, unless specifically authorised by MGN Ltd to do so.»
(The Mirror's T&Cs are so badly drafted that most of them are repeated at the bottom — someone has pressed copy and paste by mistake ...)

The Sun: no linking

Clause 10: «Unauthorised linking to the website is prohibited»

Telegraph: all fine as of 3pm

This used to say «you must not deep-link to… any part of the Site without our prior written consent. » But within 5 hours of my pointing this out on twitter, they had deleted it! So no problems there now…

Independent: confused

On the one hand: «Third parties are permitted to link to stories within INM websites, using the URL and quoting the headline and the source website.» On the other: «Third parties must not deep-link to… any part of the Website. „

Daily Mail: no linking

“You may not provide a link to this web site from any other web site without first obtaining Associated's prior written consent.»

FT: no reading at work

Only read it for personal reasons, not for business ones: «If you are using FT.com in an „at work“ capacity… and your use extends beyond personal, non-commercial use then you should contact FT's Content Sales Team at FTSales.Support@ft.com to discuss your business requirements.» Do they apply this rule to the paper, too?
Times: no linking

«unauthorised… linking to the Website is prohibited».

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