Wrapping-up a two-day OANA Executive Board meeting in Ulan Bator today (Wednesday), Bengi said the problem had greatly affected income of news agencies operating on commercial basis.
"The Internet news aggregators gather our output and give them out for free," said Bengi, adding that he hoped that OANA could have a separate meeting to discuss the issue.
He said as the meeting was for the executive board, its participation and issues raised were rather restricted.
However Bengi said country reports presented by every board member were useful as they could share experience especially in new products like television service.
Members also picked out winners for a photo contest held on the sidelines of the meeting. Kyodo won the grand award and special prize for its submission on tsunami, Anadolu for best picture while the other special prize went to Montsame.
The board members later met Mongolian Parliament Speaker D.Demberel at Parliament House.
The 11-member board comprises of Anadolu of Turkey as president, four vice-presidents, namely Bernama (Malaysia), Antara (Indonesia), Itar-TASS (Russia) and IRNA (Iran). The remaining members are Yonhap South Korea, Press Trust of India (PTI), Azertaj (Azerbaijan), Australian Associated Press (AAP), Xinhua (China) and Montsame (Mongolia).
Formed in 1961 to encourage the free flow of news and information exchange among news agencies in Asia-Pacific, the 43-strong OANA will celebrate its 50th anniversary at its birth place Bangkok in December.
