Are press releases copyrighted?
<p>Many companies have a press release section on their websites called newsroom or another similar term, and some even title it &quot;for the journalists&quot;.</p>
<p>Does that mean those press releases and their multimedia attachments can be republished?</p>

<p>Anything that somebody writes is copyrighted, even if you call it a &quot;press release&quot;. That means that nobody can copy it without permission. If you hand it out to a bunch of people and write &quot;press release&quot;, the only reasonable interpretation of the designation &quot;press release&quot; is that you are granting permission to copy (as well as paraphrase).</p>

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