Re: Moderation

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Sandra Warnken writes ...
> 
> I hear from my newsletter editor there will be an article on *'fair use'*
> of copyright material.  That is one can legally reproduce sections of or
> all of copyrighted materials under certain conditions.
> 
> In books the reproduced material has a statement in the front saying
> permission from so and so.  I've seen many journal articles that
> quote and reference material without copyright permission mentioned.
> 
 ....

    "Fair use" pretty much comes down to common sense. For example, a software
reviewer can lift and reproduce game screens, manual selections, etc.. The
same applies to book reviewers-- i.e you can reproduce pictures, snips from
the text, ... .

     A good guiding principal for reviewers, 'New Products' column editors,
etc. is that whatever you use does not come close to making purchase of the
copyrighted work unnecessary. For instance, you would not reproduce an
important herb chart from a book about herb gardening unless you had
permission from the publisher. (You could reproduce a small part of the chart
or an unuseable reduced-size pic of the whole chart without permission.)


> There was a concern about plagarism - using material without reference.

     You would never reproduce anything from anyone without at least giving
credit. Most of the time, unless the quoted material has obvious commercial
value, giving credit is sufficient to avoid problems.



Rubywand