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I am beginning to design and will begin publishing a website relating to the media and how they influence people. On this website I will post reproductions of full or partial portions of news broadcasts, newspaper articles, magazine articles...I will reference them and cite the appropriate author/publication/source (i.e. In the October 02, 2005, edition for the Daily Paper, reporter John Doe writes, "whatever the article states.").
In doing this citing, do I cover myself when showing how the article displays a "slanting" or "spin" towards a specific direction? I plan on pointing out the writer's misleading of the reader into a specified opinion. I won't slander a writer, I will just point out certain media "tricks" in getting a reader to think in a certain direction.
Sorry for the lengthy question.
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I am beginning to design and will begin publishing a website relating to the media and how they influence people. On this website I will post reproductions of full or partial portions of news broadcasts, newspaper articles, magazine articles...I will reference them and cite the appropriate author/publication/source (i.e. In the October 02, 2005, edition for the Daily Paper, reporter John Doe writes, "whatever the article states."). Unless you have permission to do so, reproductions of full articles, etc., would clearly be copyright infringement. Partial articles, etc., may be copyright infringement or may be a "fair use." Unfortunately, there is no "bright line" which will tell you waht a fair use is and what a fair use isn't -- it's a blanacing test of several factors. However, the more of an article you use, the less likely it is to be a "fair use."
Proper reference and citation is good form, but will not protect you against a charge of copyright infringement.
In doing this citing, do I cover myself when showing how the article displays a "slanting" or "spin" towards a specific direction? I plan on pointing out the writer's misleading of the reader into a specified opinion. I won't slander a writer, I will just point out certain media "tricks" in getting a reader to think in a certain direction. You can never completely "cover yourself" -- if someone wants to sue you, they will. In this case, unless you are actually accusing people of being misleading, defamation seems unlikely -- but you never know, some people have thin skins...
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Thanks for the quick reply. I was under the understanding that when the appropriate citation is issued, then you can use the information. Thanks for setting me straight.
I guess I will use a different method.
Great website and service!