Zombie Journalism » fair use

Ruling or no, always ask permission before re-using images on the social web

Mandy — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:20:50 +0000

If you’re to believe Agence France-Press – and many journalists who I’ve personally met – “regular people” don’t have the same copyright protections on the web as journalists. This isn’t true and hasn’t been true – and I’m glad a court said so.

AFP tried to argue in court that by uploading his photos to Twitter/Twitpic, a [...]

Copyright changes aren’t necessary to save media

Mandy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:58:19 +0000

Yet another “academic” call has been made to change U.S. copyright law to provide special protection for mainstream news sources – and again, these academics ignore the very basics of what it means to aggregate news online.

This time, the nonsense comes out of the Wharton School, who one would think knows a thing or two about [...]

AP ignores Fair Use, treads into copyright debate

Mandy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:44:51 +0000

The AP has waded into the online copyright debate with the launch of their new microformat system. Their president has also made alarming claims about the use of their content that leads this writer to believe they don't know much about Fair Use. [...]

Zombie Journalism » fair use

Ruling or no, always ask permission before re-using images on the social web

Copyright changes aren’t necessary to save media

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AP ignores Fair Use, treads into copyright debate