Starting a News submission site- copyright issues?

[SpartaN]

I am planning to start a news submission site where users and moderators can submit news they find interesting.

They will most likely copy and paste the news content, and a link to the original article and site will of course be included. The content wont be changed in any way.

This is done in most Forums, and I dont see how it will be a problem, but could I face copyright problems?
Is there some sort of a Disclaimer that would cover my behind?

In case of trouble, will it be a case of the news site asking you to simply remove the content, or will you be dragged to court by the hair?

Thanks for reading.

 

[Theo]

Not 100% sure but to avoid legal issues you'd want to provide only a portion of the content with a link to the source.

 

[Vinnee]

second that, include the source so they benefit...only fair.

 

[Dynamoo]

second that, include the source so they benefit...only fair.

It doesn't matter, there's a concept known as the "Hot News Doctrine" that dates back to the First World War that was in the news recently: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/hot-news-doctrine-defeats-aggregator-site/

 

[steveatvillassteveatvillas is verified member.]

Ditto above.

A big difference between linking to a news article in a forum, where the source and content are presented in whole and credited, and "copying and pasting" aka "scraping".

I'd also have to assume that you aren't doing this for your health and you're gonna try to make some dough from your site. So you are into all sorts of copyright bad juju.

Steve

 

[james2002]

I think google was sued by STUPID Belgium copyright firm even though google was showing only part of their news with link to their corresponding pages.

It is never safe. They could sue you if they like even if you show part of their content.

 

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I am planning to start a news submission site where users and moderators can submit news they find interesting.

They will most likely copy and paste the news content, and a link to the original article and site will of course be included. The content wont be changed in any way.

This is done in most Forums, and I dont see how it will be a problem, but could I face copyright problems?
Is there some sort of a Disclaimer that would cover my behind?

In case of trouble, will it be a case of the news site asking you to simply remove the content, or will you be dragged to court by the hair?

Thanks for reading.