Neeum Zawan <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote:
> On 07/12/09 22:14, Jim Henderson wrote:
> > Even the Associated Press is asserting their copyright over *news*
> > materials.  It's ridiculous.

>         That's different, and perhaps misleading. While I agree the AP is being 
> unreasonable in what they're saying, they're complaining about the 
> copyright of the content, not of the events. Someone took the trouble to 
> draft that article, etc.

  You can't copy a news article written by someone else verbatim. However,
you can certainly write your own article in your own words describing the
same event. You can even use short verbatim citations from the original
article if you want (as long as you clearly mark them as such).

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                                                          - Warp

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