Public's right to know vs. self-censorship: How journalists think about fair use

Social Science Research Network | SSRN :: (Abstract) This study explores the problems that journalists face in employing the doctrine of fair use under copyright in their work. Journalists are key actors in the public sphere, because they create and circulate information for public knowledge and deliberation on public affairs, and shape knowledge and therefore expectations about the wider culture.

[Authors of the study:] To the extent that journalists inhibit their own performance because of copyright concerns, they limit their ability to perform that public sphere function.

A study by Patricia Aufderheide | Peter A. Jaszi | Katie Bieze | Jan Lauren Boyles, papers.ssrn.com

HT: Andrew Beaujon, Poynter: Study: Journalists’ lousy understanding of fair use leads to self-censorship