The right to link to articles has been well defended in court cases and is not open to serious challenge. So I wouldn't worry about linking.
Moreover, the right to excerpt even a few words is also well established. AP may posture (or, at least, they did as of the BoingBoing article from 2008) but they are not a serious threat at this time to fair use (or mfair dealing). Link freely, and keep quotes to less than ten percent of the article, and you;re fine. -- Stephen john stampe wrote: > Hi, Mary > > Sorry I did not get into the discussion earlier (computer problems :) > ). I would basically agree with most of what already has been said. > However, I will give you one warning on newspaper articles. > > Associated Press (AP) has stated that quoting more than four words > of an article or even linking to an article is violation of copyright > (unless you pay a fee). And they have been agressive in filing > lawsuits. So don't use or link to AP copyright articles. > > See http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/17/associated-press-exp.html for > details. > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS > http://johnsearth.blogspot.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Mary <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Mon, November 16, 2009 2:52:16 AM > *Subject:* BEE Thank you: [WikiEducator] Re: copyright and newspaper > articles > > Thank you so much, Bee! Wonderful applications of fantastic materials. > You are an inspiration! > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Barbara Dieu <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Hi Mary, > Some time ago I used an article from the Times for a reading > comprehension exercise and in order to have it online I had to ask for > a special permission and stick it on the page (or else pay $ 2000 to > have it. See: > http://beespace.net/resources/hotpot/wtc1.html > > Some published content can be easily downloaded and worked upon like > for instance > http://beespace.net/resources/logo/index.html > > In some cases, however, especially for articles placed under a > password, this permission was denied or I'd have to buy it (for a > single use). > > Linking directly to the article poses problems because of link rot - > if we have no access to the source, the whole exercise is lost. For > foreign language teachers, topical articles in newspapers are a bonus > and so are some of the photographs. Maybe Wikieducator, as an > institution, could try to dialogue with the main press publishers to > allows us to copy them into the wiki and link back, mentioning and > crediting the source so as to have them more available. I am sure they > realize this would be a way to diffuse and give an added value to > their content as well. > > Warm regards from Brazil, > Bee > > BTW, I am planning to shift most of this material from my website to > Wikieducator (time permitting). > > > -- > Barbara Dieu > http://barbaradieu.com > http://beespace.net > > > > > > > -- Stephen Downes ~ Research Officer ~ National Research Council Canada http://www.downes.ca ~ [email protected] __\|/__ Free Learning --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
