Fair Usage of RSS

Consuming an RSS feed in your RSS reader I think we can all agree on is fine, that is why publishers publish RSS. What is less clear is whether or not someone can take an RSS feed and publish it on their own site.

Why would someone want to republish an RSS feed on their website? The reason is usually financial. Is it right? Everyone is going to have their own answer to that question. In my opinion as long as clear spiderable links are used giving clear attribution then it seems fine. I am sure most webmasters would appreciate the extra traffic although I would also recommend that you contact the feeds publisher as a courtesy to let them know what you are doing. At least then they can ask you to stop if they feel it is infringing on there copyright.