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Of course, I would state, "From cnn.com" etc.
Attribution, although important, is not the same as having the permission of the copyright holder to republish their information.
As for linking ... an address is not copyrightable.
In some public school web sites I've done, I've included links, as you must do, to the news stories. CNN provides a nice listing at ht*p://www.cnn.com/desktop/content.html for this purpose which I'd use on a school news page by writing a short perl script to retrieve the current links, filter for desirable kind of news and output to the browser all via SSI or a PHP include. Made for a nice ever changing web page for students & staff to keep current.
To make it more visitor friendly on your site, check your chosen news sources to see if they have an RSS feed available.
BZ
Most publishers with have a fairly tight policy on this to protect their intelectual property.
Mack.
There are situations where their partners may have generic arrangements for news feeds or content reproduction, up to a point.
What they are suggesting is, ask and we may share (possibly for a fee).
Are you not allowed so many words as a description of the link under "fare [sic] use"?
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CNN is most explicit. Nothing is permitted without permission.
CNN may say "nothing" if they like, but U.S. copyright law is defined by the U.S. Govt., not CNN. A brief quote from an article, properly attributed, is within bounds. In fact, the "fair use" provisions of copyright law that Mac alludes to allow a bit more -- if you are, for instance, reviewing or interacting with the article.
I'm sure CNN knows that they can't prohibit such use. But there are so many who try to cite "fair use" as an excuse for theft, I understand why they would make such a strong statement.
The key point here is the permission.
Approach the source and ask permission.
