Unauthorized iPhone news readers raise eyebrows

Courtesy Engadget  Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:23

Here's an interesting little new media legal dilemma for you: apparently there are several paid apps in the iPhone App Store that bill themselves as "readers" for publications like the New York Times, CNET, and the BBC, but aren't actually licensed or official in anyway -- they're just pulling RSS feeds.

That means people paying for an app like The New York Times Mobile Reader aren't actually getting an app from the Times -- and, perhaps more...

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