Is it a breach of copyright for journalists or newspapers to re-use information provided by public authorities under the Freedom of Information Acts, for the purpose of news reporting?
A. Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 certain copying can be undertaken without requiring the copyright owner’s permission. These are known as the fair dealing provisions. One of the fair dealing provisions allows copyright material (but not photographs) to be copied for the purposes of news reporting.
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