The journalistic hazards of "fair use"

Few features of U.S. copyright law are debated more than fair use, the principle that brief excerpts of copyrighted material can sometimes be reused without the copyright holder's permission. Paul Raeburn summarizes some of the ins and outs: "The message to journalists is: Be careful. Unless, of course, you have a team of lawyers at your back. Fortunately, there are a few useful resources online to help science writers, podcasters, and editors sort all of this out."

July 25, 2016

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