On 07/13/09 07:14, Warp wrote:
> 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).

	Yes, and AP isn't going after people for doing the former (writing in 
own words). They were saying others shouldn't link to their content or 
post extracts (your second point), claiming that fair use doesn't apply.

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