Factual errors aside, because that's obviously an abuse of their position:
Plagiarizing the news is literally good. Forcing journalists to reword everything is literally a vector for introducing error and we should care far more about accuracy and speed than """originality.""" (Whatever that means.)
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@lethargilistic it's all copyright b.s. isn't it?
@francis Yes and no. Plagiarism is not a crime under the Copyright Act. Copyright infringement is.
And there's a history of a "hot news" doctrine in the US that basically gave newspaper wire services Sui generis exclusivity in the facts of their stories, completely undermining the copyright doctrine that says facts aren't exclusive.