<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/9/9 Pieren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pieren3@gmail.com">pieren3@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div>The example of a newspaper is a bad example. You cannot copy a text<br>
writen by somebody else. This is because it is his own creation. If<br>
you write yourself an article, It is allowed to mention some parts of<br>
an other article, small extracts are allowed as long as they are not<br>
"substantial" in which case you leave the right to mention a text.<br></blockquote></div><br>For newspaper, it is even more complicated at least in the US due to the "hot news doctrine". This is a very old one, but some newspaper with the appearance of the Internet are mulling attacking some people.<br>
There was a very interesting article a few month I think in the NY Times (can't find the link) about it.<br>To get more information, you can always read the following wikipedia page:<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_News_Service_v._Associated_Press">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_News_Service_v._Associated_Press</a><br>
<br>Emilie Laffray<br>