User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-1398253-20130313220310/@comment-6433721-20130327150348

They still own the copyright unless they've waived or licensed it as such. Their placing it on the web, or our representing it as theirs does not actually act to suspend a copyright. Fair use applies to transformative works. When we add wholesale their summary of the plot we could be moving from advertising their work to a place where they could argue that we're competing with it.

We're relying on the goodwill of copyright owners, here. Best not push our luck. Here's a good primer on fair use. http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/fair-use-rule-copyright-material-30100.html