Rights to put News

[tmphuskers]

I have a couple of sites featuring dietary supplements that I need to find information on how I can publish news and information about supplements etc. without violating copywrite laws.

I have never discussed this until I read another post that talked a little bit about rights to put news up.

Where is a good place to go to find more information?

 

[mwolf00]

I doubt you're breaking copyright laws if you link to the actual published articles. Other than that, see if you can get permission...

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[viol8ion]

You are free to link to any news article, however it gets tricky since these articles may not be posted permanently. maintenance can be a bear.

When in doubt, deny all terms and defnitions.

http://www.wuli.com

 

[dwarfthrower]

Of course you can always publish anything that you write yourself.

You get the bonus of making your site more interesting to the user. I know I'd much rather read your take on some issue than click through a bunch of links you've collected.

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[alsoknownas]

then again, have you ever heard of WebServices?

http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

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[tmphuskers]

I have not heard of them. What do they offer in regards to what I am looking for?

 

[zavsays]

I believe, if the written works are copyrighted, by either the author or the employer of the articles (works for hire), then you could be considered in violation of that copyright

http://www.loc.gov/copyright/

if you "publish" the article on your site without permission.

Of course you can link to anything you want.

 

[ChrisHunt]

You can use a web service to automatically collect headlines related to a particular subject and put them on your site (needs a little technical know-how though). A quick search on Google brought up

http://www.newsisfree.com/

which looks pretty useful.

Contrary to viol8ion's assertion some (very, very stupid) site owners object to you linking to their stories. See

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Sec...Management/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=25306

for more info.

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