How do the copyright laws apply to news articles?

I am thinking about building a local news website that will, for the most part, be a collection of local news stories published by newspapers and other sources. Is it legal to do this? I would, of course, give all credit to the authors. I'm just wondering what the legality of this would be? Thanks for the help!How do the copyright laws apply to news articles?
the newspaper in which an item appears owns the copyright to the story as it is published in its pages.





you can't just say ';copyright by joe shmoe';. you can't just lift an article verbatim out of a publication and say ';copyright wabash times'; either.





IF you want to proceed, you will have to get permission from the news organizations to use their items.





sad to say, you will have to pay a hefty fee. almost every paper is thinking of putting up its online edition or has done so already and that makes you:





competition.





think of a different approach.How do the copyright laws apply to news articles?
You have to ask permission from the news papers before you can use any article for your reference or gain.