10-17-2014, 03:33 PM
I don't have a dog in the harryd thing at all and am not taking sides.
But yes, the truth is that message board or not there are laws against copyright infringement and using other people's intellectual property. You're allowed to post part of it as fair use, but you must credit the source.
I post links for three reasons:
1) the above legal requirement of fair use.
2) so that if anyone feels I have unfairly taken a snippet out of context and tried to use it in a way not intended by the author, I have presented the original and anyone can see it and use any part of it to challenge me if they so wish.
3) I link for people who want to read more, read the source, and even follow other references listed in the source.
If I don't do that, everyone only has the bit I picked out to go by and it's no help in learning more.
Only on Punaweb do I ever post a whole article and I shouldn't. But people complain about links because they're on dial up and slow internet. If all of Puna had fast internet I would not, and actually I think I won't do that again.
It's a basic of any college work and I'm guessing starts earlier now that quotes must be exact and must be credited, and your own thoughts must be clearly separated.
The truth is that Rob Tucker could get sued for allowing copyright infringement on his site, although one hopes he won't attract that kind of ire. I also post at Tripadvisor, and the mods there quickly delete any post that copies a newspaper article or any other copyrighted work past what Fair Use allows. They delete it because Expedia could get sued.
So the whole "just a message board" rationale does not hold up at all. Copyright and intellectual property must be handled carefully in any public medium.
Aside from that, purely as a poster in a community, it's the right thing to do to be clear about this is that guy's work and this is my own thought. That's not being stuffy. It's simply being honest.
Kathy
But yes, the truth is that message board or not there are laws against copyright infringement and using other people's intellectual property. You're allowed to post part of it as fair use, but you must credit the source.
I post links for three reasons:
1) the above legal requirement of fair use.
2) so that if anyone feels I have unfairly taken a snippet out of context and tried to use it in a way not intended by the author, I have presented the original and anyone can see it and use any part of it to challenge me if they so wish.
3) I link for people who want to read more, read the source, and even follow other references listed in the source.
If I don't do that, everyone only has the bit I picked out to go by and it's no help in learning more.
Only on Punaweb do I ever post a whole article and I shouldn't. But people complain about links because they're on dial up and slow internet. If all of Puna had fast internet I would not, and actually I think I won't do that again.
It's a basic of any college work and I'm guessing starts earlier now that quotes must be exact and must be credited, and your own thoughts must be clearly separated.
The truth is that Rob Tucker could get sued for allowing copyright infringement on his site, although one hopes he won't attract that kind of ire. I also post at Tripadvisor, and the mods there quickly delete any post that copies a newspaper article or any other copyrighted work past what Fair Use allows. They delete it because Expedia could get sued.
So the whole "just a message board" rationale does not hold up at all. Copyright and intellectual property must be handled carefully in any public medium.
Aside from that, purely as a poster in a community, it's the right thing to do to be clear about this is that guy's work and this is my own thought. That's not being stuffy. It's simply being honest.
Kathy