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Thanks. Is there some rule of thumb about how much should the article change so that the copyright doesn't apply any more? These points come to my mind: - Ther

Thanks. Is there some rule of thumb about how much should the article change so that the copyright doesn't apply any more? These points come to my mind: - There is a whole category of software called "news aggregators". Are they all infringers? How can they operate, apart from praying that the news outlet doesn't care? - News outlets quote each other, e.g. "According to Reuters", etc. Does that solve the copyright issue? Is it only the 100% verbatim copy that is copyrighted? Many thanks already for the insights.

manfre 2y ago
Aggregators are references to content. Frontends are copies. You can't sidestep copyright with a "according to Reuters" preamble for the entire article text.
layer8 2y ago
The rules are country-specific. For the US, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#U.S._fair_use_factors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#U.S._fair_use_factors. There is no simple rule of thumb.