I'm working on my senior honors project for my university over the summer to get a headstart. I've been copying down the information in the front for my bibliography and noticed that on some of the books it says something to the effect of "written permission is required to redistribute or reproduce part of all of this work from the publisher." Does this mean that I have to write to the publisher to get permission to quote from the book in my paper even with citations?
2006-07-01 06:21:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No. With copyright law, there is the idea of "fair use." You are permitted to use the author's works for "yourself." You only need to get publisher permission when that work will be used for non-personal purposes, say if you got your paper published. Even then, academic use is pretty liberal. Unless you have a whole page of a book copied out or perhaps use a diagram or other non-text from a book, would you even need permission if you published your work.
So, all that to say, you don't need to worry about copyright when writing papers for school. Good luck with your research!
2006-07-01 06:30:56 · answer #1 · answered by Josh 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There is no such requirement on your part. Especially for research projects at a university, anyone may quote excerpts of documents, books, projects, as long as you give the proper reference by a footnote or within the text of your paper. The copyright restrictions apply to copies for the general public, for profit, or when someone takes the work as their own.
2006-07-01 13:25:50 · answer #2 · answered by Dawk 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
No, my dear. Copy rights law give an exception to fair dealings, including private study purpose. As long as you are citing the sources in your references/ bibliography/ footnotes, it would be enough. However, bare in mind that you shall not copy the whole of the works, because it is others intellectual property. Substantiallity is one of the issues in copy rights.
2006-07-01 13:29:58 · answer #3 · answered by Louis L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, short quotations for scholarly purposes is "fair use" and does not violate copyright law. Basically, the law recognizes that there are some things that can be done with the works of others that are more important than making sure everyone gets his justly-earned dollar. Scholarship (along with parody and journalism) is one of those uses.
2006-07-01 16:07:01 · answer #4 · answered by Loss Leader 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to make sure you reference where you got the information from, also maybe call one of your professors or teachers and see what they have to say.
2006-07-01 13:26:31 · answer #5 · answered by Linds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely so!!!!! check www.copyright.gov
2006-07-01 13:26:49 · answer #6 · answered by Yassinou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋