Word limit for quoting an outside source?

[journeymom]

Seems to me there is a limit to how much of an outside source I can simply cut and paste and quote directly. Know what I mean? I wanted to quote an NPR article yesterday but decided not to because well, I don't want to get in trouble and I don't want MDC to get into copyright trouble.

[fullofgrace]

Mothering likes it kept at 100 words or less. We have a page for that somewhere. Let me find it...

Here ya go! http://www.mothering.com/mdc/copyright_concerns

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by journeymom

Seems to me there is a limit to how much of an outside source I can simply cut and paste and quote directly. Know what I mean? I wanted to quote an NPR article yesterday but decided not to because well, I don't want to get in trouble and I don't want MDC to get into copyright trouble.

Hello!

We adhere to The Digital Millennium Copyright Act. You can read more here.


http://gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm

[journeymom]

Thank you!

100 words or less, and then only if the quote does not take up a majority portion of the original source.