Sunday, February 20, 2005
So, uh...
Just a legal question which popped up over on the Patriot Blog. Quoting passages from stories in newspapers and such and then whining about them seems to be considered fair use. But what about World and Us? The structure of many posts is:
Whining/"interpretation" of some story somewhere, with link.
Entire text of quoted story in body of post.
One might wonder why they put the story they refer to in the body of their blog post, instead of just settling for the link they provide. One might further wonder whether such a thing is legal or ethical, especially when the quoted story is on a website which sells ads.
Also, I couldn't let these quotes slip:
"Interpretation" from Lubna Takruri: Realizing the need to be realistic, European countries are going to great measures to restore the relationship with the scary yet stupid superpower they admit they will be stuck with for four more years.
From the story: "I don't think Bush is any more popular then he was before, but people, like politicians, are realistic," said Charles Grant, director of the London-based Center for European Reform.
Which claims two things worth noting: One, politicians aren't people, and two, politicians are realistic.
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