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Five ways for bloggers to minimize risk in use of copyrighted materials

By Kevin OKeefe

Vickie Pynchon summarizes the 5 ways to reduce risk in the use of copyrighted materials by bloggers and citizen journalists. The use of others' copyrighted work under the fair use doctrine is how we bloggers survive. But there are limits to what fair use allows us to use. Vickie culled this handy list from a primer at the Citizen Media Law Project Blog. Use only as much of the copyrighted work as is necessary to accomplish your purpose or convey your message.Use the work in such a way that it is clear that your purpose is commentary, news reporting, or criticism.Add something new or beneficial (don't just copy it -- improve it!). If your source is nonfiction, limit your copying to the facts and data.Seek out Creative Commons or other freely licensed works when such substitutions can be made and respect the attribution requests in those works...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on February 14, 2008 (boomark / email).