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by RosieGHM Jetpacker on January 16th, 2009
I have never cut and pasted anything because, well, I don't how for one thing. What is the point of it? :)
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Let's say I post a question or just wander about and see an interesting question. I'm going through the answers. I see one that's right on target (it answers the question) but it's clear to me it's not likely the poster's answer/words/work. That tells me it was copied from elsewhere on the WWW.
That leads to this question. Sometimes that copied content is in the public domain. If so and it helps, great. If it's NOT in the public domain .. ie .. it's unclear or has a copyright notice (notices are no longer required .. the default is .. it IS under copyright) ... then .. it's illegal to copy and PUBLISH it elsewhere.
Ok .. so let's say someone does copy from elsewhere .. and there's an on target answer for the question, but it's a copyright infringement. What do I do when I run into that here at AB? There's no flag for that. Not spam. Not offensive. Not a duplicate. But illegal.
Just seemed like this must have come up re: answers here at AB before. Looking for how to handle it.
PS - out of points for you again! :(
by debtahals wears a curiosity COAT on January 16th, 2009
If it is something that you think is illegal I would simply report it to AB staff via feedback and let them deal with it,m'dear! :)
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on January 16th, 2009
Intellectual property rights are something I'm very interested in. A complex topic. Dealt with them when working and indeed licensed many of them & got non-disclosures signed. But also dealt with "fair use" for educational purposes, etc. (a MUCH misunderstood and overused term)
All came up again related to genealogy, family history, oral interviews, etc ... as to "who owns what".
Came up again with scrapbooking or website creation - when using "clip art" or "stock photos" and such.
Came up again with blog
Many think that no matter if text, image, sound, video - if it's online, it's fair game to use as we like. No way!!
And those who want things "free" yet are the first to cry out if someone re-uses or makes derivative works from "their" efforts.
Oh my .. a hot button.
But just ran into an answer late last night. A copy and paste of content .. with the url where it came from with it. Many think if you SOURCE IT, you're ok. Not so. Even (c) notice got copied.
(done now!)
by debtahals wears a curiosity COAT on January 16th, 2009