i was wondering how legal it is to publish content from the tv on my website. content such as interviews , views , opinion given by famous people or celeberities on tv, ( not any video or audio content from the tv ) i am sorry if this issue has already been discussed here . thanks in advance.
Very illegal. Any media on the television is copyrighted by that respective channel. (IE: A speech by Bush captured by Fox News - is owned and copyrighted by Fox News). I believe even making a transcript for your site may be illegal - after all most media productions companies do post transcripts of their shows.
thanks ksb2050 for your reply , in the case of the example you have given , i have seen many other channels reporting that talking to fox news president bush said quote unquote. so can't i just put up somehing mentioning the source of the inforamtion. like today fox reported that tomorrow this is possible. please reply back.
No, that would still fall under copyright infringement. In my example I focused on fox news, you see the same speech on other channels because they are recording their own versions - it may be the exact same speech but it's there's because they filmed it. You'll probably see Fox News, MSNBC, BBC, CNN, etc with the same content, but slightly different. However-if you read the article and make your own unique article it would be fine. In that case using sources would work. I don't believe there would be any legal litigation with that. But this applies to text-not video, etc.
Step 1. Install flash video player on website for free. Step 2. Embed said video from youtube or daily motion(it's already out there) Step 3. Enjoy the fact you pumped out relevant news to folks who are blocked from youtube and dailymotion. Nigel
Technically it isn't legal but there are all sorts of loopholes depending on your use of the content. Either way, the odds of you actually being fined or prosecuted are slim to none, unless you're doing it on a massive scale (in which case you'd be on the radar of the FBI).
Don't know if the same is true in the US, but here in Britain, it's quite common for news programmes on different channels to share short clips of content (especially sports). Usually there's a little logo in the corner saying something like "Courtesy Setana Sports" or whatever. But I'm guessing that this is a private arrangement between the channels (i.e. that each channel reckons that getting access to other's material is worth the trade) rather than fair use.
As long as credit is given within the confines of the "borrowed" content, it is completely legal right? For example: if I use a transcript of a speech given on Fox News, then provide a link and legal ownership information immediately following the text. That should be legit correct?
Nope. Copyright = the right to make copies, so if you copy something (text, video, etc) without permission and put it on your site it's copyright infringement, even if you give credit.
Yeah, in America it's the "Associated Press". Anyone who signs and pay's their membership fee gains "affiliates" that they can use. That's why when something big is going down-half the time the national stations will cut to an affiliate, who usually has live helicopter footage shooting or something. That's how they share everything. But it's not a cheap "club". Associated Press: http://www.ap.org/