[Foundation-l] Copyright status of press releases

[Ray Saintonge]

Christiaan Briggs wrote:

> Maybe some of you would like to respond to this interesting question, 
> are press releases copyrighted?:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:News_release 

To quote what I responded there: In strict terms I would see press 
releases as covered by copyright, but not the information in them. They 
are theoretically issued to inform, but in some cases to spin an air of 
truth into misinformation. When you use them as is, and in their words 
you are likely helping to propagate their spin. That result is sure to 
outweigh their losses arising from copyright infringement. I would be 
surprised to see any cases on this.

Ec