Reporting the news! (2 posts)

Topic tags: news, news category
  • I have a News Category on my blog and my blog is attached to my website. If I see a story/incident in a trade magazine can I write a short (my version) post about it and report it in my blogs news section. Does the news belong to everyone and is this how national newspapers get there leads. I will not be copying the article just using it as research to write my own short version. The thing is I can’t be everywhere so need to get information from wherever I can. Just need to get ideas of what I can and cannot legally do. Thanks for any help.   

  • @david-easter If you are creating your own summary of an article you find elsewhere and then linking to it, then it’s fine. The problem becomes when you are using exact parts of other articles in your own that people get up in arms. :)


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