Reproducing Articles?

marco murphy

Whats the legalities surrounded re-posting articles on a website from say a newspaper website?

wheres me jumpa

Reproducing word for word as your own work, or reproducing to comment on it?

marco murphy

Just posting it up on a site with a link to the source, i.e. newspaper website.
No comments or anything.

tricky D

With no comment or anything, it's only reproduction which pretty much illegal. You could argue 'Fair Dealing', but you are infringing on the 'Economic Right' of the author if no effort to accredit and comment or critise are made.

http://www.cai.ie/faq/index.htm

Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0028/sec0051.html
'51.-(1) Fair dealing with a work for the purposes of criticism or review of that or another work or of a performance of a work shall not infringe any copyright in the work where the criticism or review is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.'

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0028/sec0052.html
(4) for quotes and extracts

marco murphy

If you just add a link to top and bottom saying ''From Whatever Newspaper'' is that not ok?
Should I contact the newspaper first?

tricky D

In this case, no.

Never hurts to ask them though.