Adding others' content and photos

what is the right method

[stevebydac]

I am a newbie planning a new site that will have a mix of original content and content sourced from newspapers, magazines, other sites. 2 question tracks:

1) If I find a newspaper article that would be of interest to my visitors, can I simply cut and paste it into my site, giving the proper credit at the bottom of the article on my site? Or should I have that article open up into a new window (the paper's own?) If I am giving proper credit as described, do I need to ask formal permission before using the articles?

2) I want to describe product on my site. Above each description I want to add a photo of the product(s). Is it acceptable to cut and paste a photo from elsewhere so long as I credit the photographer? If the site I take the photo from is not the photographer's, do I have to credit both the site and photographer? Do I have to get permission up front?

Thank you for giving me guidance. I want to be proper about this but I would (obviously) rather save time by just quickly pasting this info into my site rather than having to wait for formal permission from a bunch of different people.

[Mardi_Gras]

>If I am giving proper credit as described, do I need to ask formal permission before using the articles?

Yes.

> Is it acceptable to cut and paste a photo from elsewhere so long as I credit the photographer?

No.

>If the site I take the photo from is not the photographer's, do I have to credit both the site and photographer?

Depending on the site's contract, you may have to get approval from them.

>Do I have to get permission up front?

Yes.

[Soso]

1) You can't copy the whole article without permission, but you can quote from it with giving proper credit, you can add your own thoughts to the quote, and you can link to it.

2) You need permission for displaying copyrighted photo. Now my question is, what about thumbnails with proper credit? Can thumbnail be regarded as "quoting", or do I need permission for it as well?

[stevebydac]

I found the answer, according to US copyright law, after a little research. You can use portions of another's work, with limitations.

The rules are here:
members.rogers.com/crowleydave/writersinsite/

[edited by: rogerd at 4:36 am (utc) on Jan. 25, 2004]
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