Hello,
I want to know if it is okay to quote a blockquote from a book to post in your blog/website? Reason I ask this is because I find some interesting stuff in a book and want to quote it into my blog/website. I want to make sure it isn't against the copyright.
I include the author's name and the book I get the quote in the footnote though. I dunno if it is still against copyright or not.
Another one that is similar to this question is I want to quote a story from a book and use it to make a study guide that will be shown on my website, is that okay? For exmaple: I want to quote a story, and then write down a list of definitions for the vocabulary words from that story. That way it helps me study as well as others.
My biggest concern is if it is against copyright or what.
Please help, thanks in advance.
2007-05-31 05:16:50 · 5 answers · asked by Yuki 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes. I will be credit the references. Reason I have doubt is because I remember reading from a general Open Letter from the author in a book. They always state thanks to X author for giving the permissions to allow them to quote it. So I was wondering if I have to contact the author to quote it or not.
Thanks for the information!
2007-05-31 05:33:43 · update #1
There are some parts where it is only 1 or 2 sentences. But there are also part where I like a lot which is like.. well, it is like a paragraph. Is that still fine?
Thanks.
2007-05-31 15:46:30 · update #2
When you say "quote from a book" we are assuming you mean like one or two sentances and not entire chapters. you are allowed to take a sentance as an example of what people might find if they purchased the book, but you are not allowed to act as an alternative publisher of complete works.
But permission is a good thing, and i have had reasonable success in obtaining permission to quote entire articles. Check with the author or publisher.
2007-05-31 09:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's against copyright if you take the contents of the book, repackage them and sell them under the condition it was a different author. If you use quotes from the book without citing them, it is plagiarism. If you cite the quotes, you should be fine.
2007-05-31 05:22:59 · answer #2 · answered by Pfo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you will be fine. The only time they have an issue with something is when you don't give proper credit and documentation but you have already indicated you intend to do just that so you will have no problem.
2007-05-31 05:20:42 · answer #3 · answered by QueenLori 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as you are crediting the source there is no problem. From what you are describing I see no problem.
2007-05-31 05:24:39 · answer #4 · answered by Tom Sh*t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no , provided you give the info of where you took this quote from.
2007-05-31 05:51:27 · answer #5 · answered by sharehelp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋