body: 1. I recently came across [a New York Times article about Peter Thiel](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/technology/peter-thiel-defends-his-most-contrarian-move-yet-supporting-trump.html) which contained several quotes by him. The quotes seem to have been from comments Thiel made directly to a New York Times reporter.
  2. I then came across [this USA Today article](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/10/29/peter-thiel-defends-his-support-donald-trump/92961708/), which contains those same quotes. The article mentions that Thiel was speaking to the New York Times and links to the NYT.
  
  
  My questions are: Are those quotes covered by copyright? If so, does Thiel own them? Or the NYT? Or both? In other words, was the USA Today's use of those quotes legally-protected? Or is it more of a "friendly arrangement" between the two news organizations?
  
  
  
title: Are newspapers' quotes of other people protected by copyright?