On 3/24/99, Keith Galestock <kgalestock[_at_]nacs.org> wrote:
>
> I know that If someone creates a news story that's based on and
> rewritten from some other previously-printed (ie copyrighted) news
> story, that it's OK since it's a derivative work.
That's not correct. The right to create derivative works belongs to the copyright holder.
> But is it OK, as part of that derivative work, to include a direct
> quote from a person cited in the first story, without gaining permission
> to use that quote in the derivative work? ie if John Doe told something
> to the Times in a story, can I use the quote in a derivative work
> without gaining permission?
If I understand you properly and you are merely quoting what a person actually said, you don't need permission because a quotation in this context is a fact. The quotation could only be copyrightable if the speaker (author) had a copyright in it, not the first writer who used the quote.
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