I just read an article about a guy who has started a new business. He trolls around the web, looking for blogs and sites that have taken things from newspapers and posted them.
I’m all for following laws. If I put it up here I do so because I think it’s legal. My understanding is that I can quote a paper, as long as I note that it’s quoted, and I always make a point to link to the newspaper.
So do tell … am I in for trouble if someone lands here?
And what about my “FBQD”, “TQOD” and other quotes of the day? Should I cease and desist before they take away my millions?
Oh. Wait. I have no millions.
You will notice I never put poetry (other than my goofy ditties) up here unless it’s something old enough to be in the public domain. Song lyrics, poetry … things like that are tricky. You have to get permission for both, and if I’m remembering correctly you can’t take a snippet of a poem, as it has to be in full. So I’m very careful about those. I do put up YouTube videos, with the assumption (maybe stupid on my part) that if YouTube hasn’t pulled ’em they are okay. (I know someone who put up something and was contacted pretty much immediately and told she had to take it down!)
But still … what is legal? Any attorneys out there want to help me on this one? I sure don’t want to be sued!
