[d at DCC] Please do not repost media articles to this list or the DCC blog!

[Joe McGuire]

I was only trying to explain one of the rules I have used with some
success for years. Apparently I was out of place in doing so, so
please accept my apologies. I will cease all future attempts to
contribute to the group and go back to lurking.

Cheers,

Joe McGuire

On 8/24/06, Wallace J.McLean <ag737 at freenet.carleton.ca> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe McGuire <tinfoil at gmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:54 pm
> Subject: Re: [d at DCC] Please do not repost media articles to this list
> or the DCC blog!
>
> > Not that I want to draw this on further but felt that perhaps I could
> > add something. In my years as a music journo/hack, I've always been
> > lead to believe that fair use of copyrighted print material consisted
> > of brief passages (a couple paras) from the parent material. While
> > full reproduction can be used for research or educational purposes,
> > DCC may have a tough time fitting into either of those
> > classifications.
>
>
> "The" - from today's Halifax Daily News, p. 14
>
> "plant" - from today's Toronto Star, p. A1.
>
> "from" - from today's Washington Post, p. A3
>
> "blamed" - from today's Toronto Sun, p. 8
>
> "of" - from today's Regina Leader-Post, p. C8
>
> There. I posted material from news articles. Am I on safe ground? Do I
> risk my membership in the list? Have I opened Russell up to a
> copyright lawsuit?
>
>
>
>
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