Looks like the newspapers don't want people to post whole articles.
We can post LINKS to articles.
We can post "fair use" portions of articles, which means we can apparently post several paragraphs but not the entire article.
Here are the first few paragraphs of this article, I think we should all take heed and consider this a warning.
We can post LINKS to articles.
We can post "fair use" portions of articles, which means we can apparently post several paragraphs but not the entire article.
Here are the first few paragraphs of this article, I think we should all take heed and consider this a warning.
Newspaper Chain’s New Business Plan: Copyright Suits
By David Kravets July 22, 2010
Borrowing a page from patent trolls, the CEO of fledgling Las Vegas-based Righthaven has begun buying out the copyrights to newspaper content for the sole purpose of suing blogs and websites that re-post those articles without permission. And he says he’s making money.
“We believe it’s the best solution out there,” Gibson says. “Media companies’ assets are very much their copyrights. These companies need to understand and appreciate that those assets have value more than merely the present advertising revenues.”
Gibson’s vision is to monetize news content on the backend, by scouring the internet for infringing copies of his client’s articles, then suing and relying on the harsh penalties in the Copyright Act — up to $150,000 for a single infringement — to compel quick settlements. Since Righthaven’s formation in March, the company has filed at least 80 federal lawsuits against website operators and individual bloggers who’ve re-posted articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, his first client.
Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/copyright-trolling-for-dollars/#ixzz0uVGyhzjV
By David Kravets July 22, 2010
Borrowing a page from patent trolls, the CEO of fledgling Las Vegas-based Righthaven has begun buying out the copyrights to newspaper content for the sole purpose of suing blogs and websites that re-post those articles without permission. And he says he’s making money.
“We believe it’s the best solution out there,” Gibson says. “Media companies’ assets are very much their copyrights. These companies need to understand and appreciate that those assets have value more than merely the present advertising revenues.”
Gibson’s vision is to monetize news content on the backend, by scouring the internet for infringing copies of his client’s articles, then suing and relying on the harsh penalties in the Copyright Act — up to $150,000 for a single infringement — to compel quick settlements. Since Righthaven’s formation in March, the company has filed at least 80 federal lawsuits against website operators and individual bloggers who’ve re-posted articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, his first client.
Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/copyright-trolling-for-dollars/#ixzz0uVGyhzjV
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