Copyrights create Internet problems.(Brief Article)

TV, radio stations advised: 'Don't do it without permission'

With all kinds of information floating around the Internet, serious legal questions are being raised about infringement of music and wire service copyrights.

"The law is not really clear, but two of the things television and radio stations need to worry about is taking news wires [and] music and putting them online," says Neil Friedman, attorney for Pepper & Corazzini, a Washington communications law firm.

There are "no clear answers," Friedman says, but he advises television and radio stations that are setting up sites on the Internet: "Don't do it without permission."

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