Post by William L. Rupp on May 29, 2010 16:13:24 GMT -8
I've said this before, but will reiterate here and add more info. Do not post entire copyrighted pieces, no matter what the source. Well, that's not quite true. If YOU own the copyright, then you may do so.
Post a URL so that readers can read the material on the original posting site., or quote short passages from such works, but not too many of them.
Here is some pertinent info regarding what is called "fair use." This is from www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html.
Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission.
The 1961 Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law cites examples of activities that courts have regarded as fair use: “quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the author’s observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report; reproduction by a library of a portion of a work to replace part of a damaged copy; reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson; reproduction of a work in legislative or judicial proceedings or reports; incidental and fortuitous reproduction, in a newsreel or broadcast, of a work located in the scene of an event being reported.”
WLR
Post a URL so that readers can read the material on the original posting site., or quote short passages from such works, but not too many of them.
Here is some pertinent info regarding what is called "fair use." This is from www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html.
Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission.
The 1961 Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law cites examples of activities that courts have regarded as fair use: “quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the author’s observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report; reproduction by a library of a portion of a work to replace part of a damaged copy; reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson; reproduction of a work in legislative or judicial proceedings or reports; incidental and fortuitous reproduction, in a newsreel or broadcast, of a work located in the scene of an event being reported.”
WLR
