Here’s an interesting bit of legal history, relevant to the Courant’s plagiarism caper, brought to us by this unusual blog.
It suggests that many of us in the world of journalism have neglected to develop a clear standard of conduct regarding the use of the facts reported in other publications.
Maybe this could help us start.
Blogger Lawrence Ebert, a patent lawyer, has more on the issue here.
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This is a fascinating post. I had been struck by Chris Powell’s use of the word “misappropriation,” but, until I read the Wikipedia entry linked to above, I didn’t realize the word had a specific legal meaning. That article, in turn, links to this, which conveys what a difficult area of law this is.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/linking/doctrine/