Yes John but always remembering that copyright is there to protect earnings
and we hardly ever have any earnings from the verses we put up on the web.

 If you took anybody to court, the court would want to know what financial
damage you had done them - and by quoting attributed work you have usually
helped someone become better known.

I'm not saying don't be aware of copyright law, far from it, but its a
necessary courtesy rather than anything else in most of our contexts.

And I should be alarmed if a well turned phrase couldnt be repeated around
the world - as it can, and is, in quotations, jokes etc -

bw
SallyE

on 20/1/03 8:06 pm, John Carley at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Hi all, please can I just clear up any misunderstanding about one area of
> copyright on this list.
>
> As this is a public list, and as it is hosted on a British govt. server,
> it's well to be aware of one aspect of the law of England and Wales
> (Scotland is the same I think). Viz:
>
> The reproduction by a member on this list of a complete work copyright to
> another person without that person's express consent is a breach of
> copyright.
>
> Our splendidly fuzzy laws allow for a 'reasonable portion' to be reproduced
> 'for scholarly purposes' - which counts us in - but no the whole shebang.
>
> Where this leaves me, an oriental verse nut, is an interesting question...
> how can one reproduce a 'reasonable proportion' of a haiku? But seriously
> folks, a whole sonnet, rondeau etc is pushing our luck.
>
> Best wishes, John Carley