chelsfield
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Post by chelsfield on Jun 7, 2016 22:55:02 GMT -8
You might find it hard to believe, but I am inclined to agree with you! The overall effects are still hard to calculate. And that's why traditional publishers, newspapers, the music industry are scared: their business models ar falling by the wayside and they may do as well. So, they landgrab.
And, it is our duty to push back at them, especially if we can see the positive outcome of all this change.
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kimabook
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Post by kimabook on Jun 14, 2016 13:47:44 GMT -8
Hi all, I am a newbie here, but have been a traditional publisher for 25 years. Copyright issues can be a minefield, but what I have learned is the following: - if you keep your verbatim quote to 200 words or less this will constitute fair use, but source must be acknowledged. It is generally not worth the effort (and can even lead to deep trouble or quite some expense) to seek permission for these small passages.
- The exception to this is song lyrics or poems where the whole work could be as little as 200 words. In this case permission is definitely required.
- Copyright permission on images is much trickier, maybe because 'a picture tells a thousand words'. Your best bet would be to do as one of the other contributors to this thread suggested and rather describe the image.
- I hope this helps
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Post by David Ellis on Jun 16, 2016 21:18:21 GMT -8
This is all very interesting and informative. I would ask about pictures used from blog posts. Before I took down my site temporarily, I used pictures that appeared to be free use as shown from Google images, but I always tried to list the source. I'm sure there are rules about how it should be done.
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Ria Stone
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Post by Ria Stone on Jun 27, 2016 12:52:46 GMT -8
Hi all, I am a newbie here, but have been a traditional publisher for 25 years. Copyright issues can be a minefield, but what I have learned is the following: - if you keep your verbatim quote to 200 words or less this will constitute fair use, but source must be acknowledged. It is generally not worth the effort (and can even lead to deep trouble or quite some expense) to seek permission for these small passages.
- The exception to this is song lyrics or poems where the whole work could be as little as 200 words. In this case permission is definitely required.
- Copyright permission on images is much trickier, maybe because 'a picture tells a thousand words'. Your best bet would be to do as one of the other contributors to this thread suggested and rather describe the image.
- I hope this helps
Welcome Kima: Yes, your info does help.
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chelsfield
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Post by chelsfield on Jun 27, 2016 23:46:03 GMT -8
This is all very interesting and informative. I would ask about pictures used from blog posts. Before I took down my site temporarily, I used pictures that appeared to be free use as shown from Google images, but I always tried to list the source. I'm sure there are rules about how it should be done. Yes, for my blog I always use images from Wikimedia Commons and provide attribution. You can't complain about people using your stuff and not even giving proper attribution if you do the same thing. I agree with kimabook on being too careful with short quotes. Sometimes, even triggering the attention especially of family-run foundations can be trouble. Some of them just say no to everything. I would suggest that poetry is becoming as difficult to quote as song lyrics...
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Ria Stone
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Post by Ria Stone on Mar 9, 2019 11:48:12 GMT -8
Found this thread that also addresses the issue of Piracy.
Wanted to add a link to this article about eBook piracy. I found it depressing.
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