Dear Sally,
Quoting excerpts from an author's work is an acceptable practice for
educational purposes. However posting the whole of an author's work without
getting permission from the copyright holder is a completely different
matter, and shouldn't be done.
Recently an article on haiku was posted (without obtaining the author's
permission) to one of the WHC poetry lists, and because of the copyright
problems, it was removed from the archives.
Kind regards,
grasshopper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally Evans" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] copyright
> 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
>
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