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Online copyright: How journalism on the web is affected

Posted: 14/02/08 By: Oliver Luft
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Over the next week-and-a-half Journalism.co.uk will be running a series of articles looking at copyright online.

The series focuses on those for whom the web has had a direct and dramatic effect on copyright issues.

Journalism.co.uk has talked to picture and news agencies, large global, international, tabloid and smaller UK independents, about how they are affected by the web, what they are doing to protect their content and how they are looking for more effective ways to work with new methods of distribution.

We have also talked to freelancers about how their relationship with publishers is changing over rights for web-based material.

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that we have already published two related news pieces about the National Union of Journalists' offering free legal assistance to members.

The series will also look at the steps Condé Net is taking to track its content online, feature a compelling and frank Q&A with Kevin Smith, co-founder of Splash news agency, about life trying to plug the leaks as his most popular-of-popular tabloid fodder crashes across the web before he has had chance to sell it on to magazine and newspaper publishers.

Journalism.co.uk will finish the series off with a big announcement from a major news producer and a comment article from an expert lawyer on all the legal implications of this brave new world of publishing.

Journalism.co.uk online copyright series:

Independent press agencies call for regulated payment of online material

Freelancers see the value in trawling web for copyrighted images

NAPA dismisses use of automated payment system for online copy

CondéNet to track content across web

NUJ to offer free legal support for members' copyright actions

Kevin Smith Q&A

NUJ plans to expand legal services for members

All other articles will be linked to from this post as we publish them.

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