Intellectual Property Rights Issue in Online Journalism

Abstract

The media sector is at the forefront of sectors that closely follow innovations in computer and network technologies, and that apply these innovations to business processes and even make them work. No doubt online newspapers are the communication media that have emerged at the end of such a process and that take advantage of the opportunities that the system provides that the news production/consumption processes are conducted through computer and network technology and that it is based on it. Technological developments make news production/consumption fast, easy and cheap, while causing the produced content to be consumed very quickly. Rapid dissemination of news content is accompanied by some violations and risks in terms of journalistic ethics. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are at the forefront of the problems facing online newspapers. Content produced with great effort is used on the site, which has dozens of online publications, without permission, with cut/copy/paste commands online. Current AJIT-e: Online Academic Journal of Information Technology 2017-Special Issue/Özel Sayı –Cilt/Vol: 8‐Sayı/Num: 30 DOI: 10.5824/1309‐1581.2017.5.004.x http://www.ajit‐e.org/?menu=pages&p=details_of_article&id=287 72 legal regulations are falling behind technological developments, and the issue of intellectual property in the online world is becoming increasingly complex. The aim of the study is to examine the issue of plagiarism in terms of online newspapers and journalists within the framework of the copyrights and examine the risks faced by the journalism profession through current legal arrangements and cases.