In my limited understanding, I thought the lives of people who are well in the news could be referenced without worrying about permission. I'm wanting to summarize the life of Chuck Colson. But can a quote from his funeral reported in numerous places be used without permission from a source?
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If you're in the US, then you can use the quote as long as it falls within the Fair Use guidelines.
I'm assuming that you're wanting to use a quote from a eulogy someone gave at the funeral. The copyright rests with whoever wrote the eulogy (unless they've sold or given those rights to someone else). Newspapers and other media that used quotes from that eulogy almost certainly used no more than is allowed under Fair Use. You can do the same.
If that isn't what you're talking about, then you'll need to be more specific about what you want to use.
I'm assuming that you're wanting to use a quote from a eulogy someone gave at the funeral. The copyright rests with whoever wrote the eulogy (unless they've sold or given those rights to someone else). Newspapers and other media that used quotes from that eulogy almost certainly used no more than is allowed under Fair Use. You can do the same.
If that isn't what you're talking about, then you'll need to be more specific about what you want to use.
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Sepia, yes that is precisely what I am talking about, the quote is from a congressman at his funeral.
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SepiaAndDust
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You can use short excerpts from the eulogy. Rule of thumb is 10% of the whole, but several other factors should be taken into account, such as length of the original (you couldn't really claim Fair Use if you used 10 chapters of a 100-chapter novel, for instance, unless you were writing a parody of the novel).
You must also attribute the quote.
If the congressman was speaking in his official capacity, then the eulogy may not be covered by copyright. It probably is, though, since such things are generally regarded by the courts as private.
In any event, if you stay within the Fair Use guidelines, you should be fine.
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