Is it legal to summarize news articles?

News reporting: Summarizing an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report constitutes fair use. Research and scholarship: Quoting a short passage in a scholarly, scientific, or technical work for illustration or clarification of the author’s observations would be deemed acceptable.

Is summarizing copyrighted?

Summarizing in your own words is not a copyright violation. Fair use doesn’t apply.

Can you post articles from other websites on your website?

Thanks! You can place links on your site to public articles on other websites. The links can contain a title, and often a brief description is fine. If you see an article or series of articles that you want to post on your website, you need to locate the copyright owner and ask for their explicit permission in writing.

Are news videos copyrighted?

It is worthy of note that news broadcasts are generally copyright protected. However, under American copyright law, there is a place for fair use. Therefore, if a user is fair use, it remains fair use even in a situation where the owner of the copyright declines to give his or her permission for the use.

Do summaries violate copyright?

Summarizing in your own words is not a copyright violation. Fair use doesn’t apply. Summarizing a book about 10 habits by creating a reworded list of the 10 habits might be a copyright violation.

Is it legal to share book summaries?

A summary is a derivative work. In the US, that’s considered to be a subsidiary right under the original copyright. Therefore, yes, you do need to get permission to publish (or create) such a work, and if you’re going to sell it, you need that permission even more.

Can I put news on my website?

Yes, but they are opening themselves up to legal action. If you see an article or series of articles that you want to post on your website, you need to locate the copyright owner and ask for their explicit permission in writing. Often you will have to pay a licensing fee for the privilege of using the article.

Can I link to an article that has been published elsewhere?

Edited to add: Reproducing the article and then linking to it at the end is also a no-no. Bear in mind from a publisher’s point of view, if someone has already read the piece elsewhere, they’re unlikely to click on a link to read it again.

Is it legal to post a copy of a news article?

You absolutely can not just copy the full text or an article from a news website and just post it on your site. That is in violation of copyright law. There are exceptions: if the original article is Creative Commons licensed or Public Domain, or if you are only using the headline/excerpt as Richard suggested.

Do I need permission to share news articles on my website?

Sign up for Ahrefs Webmaster Tools. As long as you give full credit to the origin of the piece – usually by sharing a link to it – then you’re OK. Most news sites have share buttons anyway, so clearly by giving you the ability to share, they are implicitly giving you permission to share.

Do people post articles from other people’s websites on their own sites?

But you cannot post the articles on your site. This is a violation of copyright law, and you would be infringing on the copyright owners’ intellectual property. Do people post articles from other people’s websites on their own sites? Yes, but they are opening themselves up to legal action.