Is Yahoo Answers Breaking Trademark Law By Letting People Quote Other Web Sites?
Posted by Copyright Law on July 8th, 2009 at 10:26pm
I see many answers from people who cut and paste articles of other sites on here. I myself have done this a few times. I think that they are opening themselves up to some legal troubles.
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7 Comments for Is Yahoo Answers Breaking Trademark Law By Letting People Quote Other Web Sites?
1. James | July 9th, 2009 at 2:58 am
Yahoo is specifically exempt from prosecution or lawsuit by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. It states, “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”
2. TC | July 9th, 2009 at 5:29 am
Who cares what you think.
3. Kokopell | July 9th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Look, Dork-head, get with it. If someone makes a copy of a copyrighted article on a copying machine, is the manufacturer of the copy paper guilty of copyright infringement? Is the Manufacturer of the copying machine?
Figure it out. JHC Almighty give me a break.
4. Crazy Video Clips | July 9th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I think you mean copyright law. And there is a provision for use as long as you reference the source and are not making profit from it (points aren’t profit).
5. Stinger | July 9th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
How can yahoo be held liable for the actions of others? Even if they say that cutting and pasting is not allowed, how can they control what other people do?
6. Funny Hunting Videos | July 9th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Well you’re SUPPOSED to put your source, but people don’t always. I think it would be the people getting in trouble, not Yahoo. The teacher doesn’t yell at the term paper if someone plagarizes on it.
7. MakeSure | July 10th, 2009 at 2:27 am
If I remember correctly, the rule is that one canNOT copy
ENTIRE articles, even IF only for personal/educational use & the full source is given …
UNLESS permission has been obtained from the copyright holder. However — IF for personal/educational use — PORTIONs Can be quoted, & referred to. A teacher can make copies for students of portions of articles, but may not sell them.
It’s been a bit of time since I read it, so check me at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law
… I ‘m not sure that posting something on the Internet for
UNLIMITED OTHERS to see — on a THREAD — is technically considered either personal or educational, even if not-for-profit. (???)
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