There are two good description of what an independent blogger expects from an Aggregation Service:
either this page that Video Vertigo created:
http://videovertigo.org/information/aggregation/
or
<http://www.geeknewscentral.com/archives/007014.html>
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"I have been asked by a number of people to list what I consider are
good and bad RSS syndication practices. I reserve the right to modify
this list as thoughts and ideas come in that I think are worthy of
adding to the list." --Mike Hudak, CEO of blip
* Good things Media Sites do with Syndicated Content
- Attribution with Hyper link back to Content Origin Point
- Original RSS Feed clearly seen and linked to.
- No other confusing RSS links are associated media listing
- Audio and Video Media is not altered or trans-coded
- Audio and Video Media is not cached direct link only
- Publishing Author Name on Media Listing
- Make Listing Opt In
- Claim a Feed
- Pay content producers a revenue share on site advertising.
* Bad things Media Sites do with Syndicated Content
- Auto adding content versus asking to become listed!
- Replace RSS feed with sites own.
- Pre-Roll or Post Roll ads in the syndicated sites media player!
- Not allowing one to claim there own feed.
- Not allowing one to opt out.
- Not linking directly to the media file.
- Not honoring Creative Commons License.
- Add to Digg etc links that drive people away from original
- content point.
- Trans-coding media into a new format without permission.
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