I have a post on my site that describes the basic outline of what the U.S.A. government says is “fair use.”

While some blogs do quote whole stories (shame on you…), many simply post quotes from the article and give a link (cite) to the information.

The former is much more likely to fail one of the 4-prongs the courts will look at when determining whether your use is “fair use” while the latter is likely to not fail that prong.

One quote from that government page

Copyright protects the particular way an author has expressed himself; it does not extend to any ideas, systems, or factual information conveyed in the work.

Educate yourselves so that we can all protect our legal rights (yours, mine, the APs…).