didn't want your readers to have to pay for the New York Times web site? They aren't" fair use" Fair use is usually a short excerpt 5)“ f you don" t defend your copyright you lose it.”-“ Somebody has that name copyrighted! "False. Copyright is effectively never lost these days, unless explicitly given away. You also can't "copyright a name"or anything short like that, such as almost all titles. You may be thinking of trademarks, which apply to names, and can be weakened or lost if not defended. Like an"Apple"computer. Apple Computer"owns "that word applied to computers, even though it is also an ordinary word. apple Records owns it when applied to music Neither owns the word on its own, only in context, and owning a mark doesn't mean complete controldidn’t want your readers to have to pay for the New York Times web site? They aren’t “fair use”. Fair use is usually a short excerpt. 5) “If you don’t defend your copyright you lose it.” – “Somebody has that name copyrighted!” False. Copyright is effectively never lost these days, unless explicitly given away. You also can’t “copyright a name” or anything short like that, such as almost all titles. You may be thinking of trademarks, which apply to names, and can be weakened or lost if not defended. Like an “Apple” computer. Apple Computer “owns” that word applied to computers, even though it is also an ordinary word. Apple Records owns it when applied to music. Neither owns the word on its own, only in context, and owning a mark doesn’t mean complete control