From: jmage-AT-panix.com Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:58:12 -0400 Subject: BHA: RE: various queries Tobin wrote > >Actually, our email discussions are *not* in the public domain: they are >published (distributed). Copyright remains with the authors and in general >permission must be granted -- at least according to U.S. law, and I think >under the international copyright agreements. I'm sure nearly anyone here >you wished to quote would be delighted to grant permission, but as far as >the actual copyright law goes, email is covered, even to discussion lists. >(In the U.S., the copyright law covers unpublished material too.) Besides, >it's good policy to ask permission anyway -- in fact I think most people >would be flattered! > My understanding, and though for my sins a lawyer (but not a copyright specialist), is that - whether "public domain" or not - citation never requires permission and quotation in the academic context Ruth proposes also does not require permission (so-called "fair use"). john mage --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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