Advice on Content/ Newsletter Marketing

[Alex_1984]

Hi,

New to the forum (and fairly new to marketing) and I am not sure if I should have posted this in legal.

I am planning to write a newsletter for a finance advisory. The content is pretty much set. The question that I have is:

Am I allowed to quote/ cite articles and interviews that I got from other sources, like articles, white papers and press releases? I'd obviously put marks around the quotation, but the information would remain secondary, not my own/ original.

Would I need to include sources to the newsletter? Is it not okay at all?

Thank you very much and sorry, should this have been asked before. I didn't find anything with the search function.

Merci

A

 

[Annoying Donkey]

Under copywrite law there is the concept of "fair use" which I would suspect covers your usage. You should always include reference to the source.

 

[Alex_1984]

Thank you very much Terry. I'll have a look into that.

 

[james_firmsites]

This might help you: https://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/138/copyright_and_licences/55/copyright-the_basics/4

 

[mary2222]

If you are citing your sources within your content that is okay If you do not know how to properly cite your sources, I suggest you read several handy articles on how you can properly cite sources for your newsletter or even blog. Good luck!

 

[Alex_1984]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

I'd think the citation system works a little different in a commercial context, compared to a thesis or paper at uni, i.e. MLA, Chicago, APA, etc.

I'll try to find some guidelines on Google. Any help would still be much appreciated.

 

[Johnny.S]

Yes I think you should be fine with correct citations - but don't quote me on that