Why License? 5th Circ. Weighs 'Server Test' In News App Fight

By Ivan Moreno ( June 2, 2026, 7:33 PM EDT) -- A Fifth Circuit judge on Tuesday asked counsel for a news aggregation app why publishers would ever license their articles if the app can lawfully show readers the same content without paying as long as it's hosted on the publishers' own servers....

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