Copyrights Law and Regulations - What is your take?
Hey Folks!
Just wanted to ask, how many of you here are well-versed with the media copyright laws and regulation governing the bloggers?
I did a module on Media Law when I was in college 10 years ago. Back then, blogging was something of a new phenomenon, social media was at its infancy and Internet marketing was about to take off, so there weren't a lot of case studies about this pertaining to the Internet.
I suspect the basic rules of "intent of use" and "permission to use" still apply. However, reposting and sharing, verbatim copying/pasting of quotes and chuncks of article are rife on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram...mostly not with intent to profit though.
I am just wondering what are the dos and don'ts governing blogging and content creation that are intented for Internet Marketing. What is your take?
I have also posted this question in the classroom and thought it would be educational for people to be aware about the operating boundaries.
Many Thanks,
Darryl
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Hi darrryl
I have found that for any question I simply use either the WA toolbar at the top of your home page or plug my question into google and will
Always get my question answered - best regards Paul
A phrase cannot be copyrighted. You cannot copyright an opinion, and you cannot copyright "what you said". The only reason you credit quotes in academic writing is to lend authority to what you said in your essay and to show that research backs up your opinion. Only images stories or songs can be copyrighted but even then, if you have not clearly made money from it's use, it's unlikely that the copyright owner would waste their money taking legal action against you.
As I said before you cannot copyright quotes and chunks of articles because that would be like copyrighting your opinion..
Hi Darryl,
I do not know a lot about copywright laws and regulations, but I was taught in grade school and college that you can copy phrases and quotes as long as you give credit to the original source of the quote or phrase. I think what matters most to people is that they get the proper credit if you use their material in your posts--it's just common courtesy. If however, you are looking to profit from other people's material, then I think you should first ask for their permission. Is this correct?
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Both ladyluck2013 and Roderyk made good sense to me!