Another copyright infringment question

Factual Questions
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Although specifically this has not been answered.

My sister was the subject of an article written by te LA Times, or at least she was supposed to be, when the article came out, a competitor was quoted more often than her, and was given more professional credentials than her (Even though both have the same credentials). After the aftermath of that has died down, we’d still like to post the article on our website to fill out our media exposure.

So, here are the options I present:
a) Download the entire web-page and post on our website and highlight the portions involving her. - Both of these things are against their copyright. But the most reasonable in terms of reproducing material for our purpose.(Not a legal clause :slight_smile: )
b) Scanning the article in from the printed version of the paper but editting out quotes of her competitor/or highlighting her quotes using a highlighter.
c) Link to the latimes.com website. - Yes this is legal and the worst of our options.

Is C my only option? Is B valid? Is there another option I’m not thinking of? I don’t think this is covered on their website copyright page, but what about taking the print version (option b) and framing it for our sales material? Is that similarly illegal? Thanks

2

Many papers will license you to reprint their articles in situations like these.

–Cliffy

3

Yes. Contact the paper. They often don’t mind you reprinting as long as they’re credited.

4

Option B is no less of a copyright infringement than Option A. The quotations of the competitor are not owned by the L.A. Times, but the material between those quotations is of their creation.

5

You can also simply quote the article in the context of your own story, or as a heading, like a movie ad: “‘Flightless Bird’s sister is the bee’s knees!’ --L.A. Times.” Then cite the date of the article. Let interested parties find the full article.

Excerpting a small portion of the article is allowed under Fair Use principles, and allows you to cherry pick the best lines from the piece while leaving out any annoying reference to the competition.