http://commons.iabc.com/employee/2006/05/04/seems-to-me-ive-read-those-words-before/ A Blog Community for Business Communicators Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:52:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://commons.iabc.com/employee/2006/05/04/seems-to-me-ive-read-those-words-before/#comment-320 Erika Ruiz Mon, 08 May 2006 18:31:12 +0000 http://commons.iabc.com/employee/2006/05/04/seems-to-me-ive-read-those-words-before/#comment-320 Yes Tom, you are totally right, it is very dangerous, and the level of danger depends also on the law on copy rights of the country where you are publishing. Sometimes it looks harmless and inocent to use small quotes even in internal publications, but it can be easily traced and you can get into trouble. In Mexico, for example, we should mention always the source and rewrite it literally. In that case, permission is not necessary, but if you dare to publish it even in a different wording without mentioning the author, you have to face the law with big charges. Yes Tom, you are totally right, it is very dangerous, and the level of danger depends also on the law on copy rights of the country where you are publishing. Sometimes it looks harmless and inocent to use small quotes even in internal publications, but it can be easily traced and you can get into trouble. In Mexico, for example, we should mention always the source and rewrite it literally. In that case, permission is not necessary, but if you dare to publish it even in a different wording without mentioning the author, you have to face the law with big charges.

]]> http://commons.iabc.com/employee/2006/05/04/seems-to-me-ive-read-those-words-before/#comment-319 Tasty Links - 2006/05/07 at Student PR Blog Sun, 07 May 2006 05:43:58 +0000 http://commons.iabc.com/employee/2006/05/04/seems-to-me-ive-read-those-words-before/#comment-319 [...] It’s always fun to see what Malcolm Gladwell is talking about on his blog. It’s even more fun when he admits he was off base and his readers were right. And Nick Durutta at the IABC Communications Commons weighs in with a similar story. [...] [...] It’s always fun to see what Malcolm Gladwell is talking about on his blog. It’s even more fun when he admits he was off base and his readers were right. And Nick Durutta at the IABC Communications Commons weighs in with a similar story. [...]

]]> http://commons.iabc.com/employee/2006/05/04/seems-to-me-ive-read-those-words-before/#comment-318 Tom Keefe Thu, 04 May 2006 20:09:52 +0000 http://commons.iabc.com/employee/2006/05/04/seems-to-me-ive-read-those-words-before/#comment-318 Nick, You always will be safe if you attribute someone else's work to the original author. Altering someone's original work to try to get around copyight and intellectual property rights is dangerous. Give credit where credit is due. In the case of the 1944 book, if Swanson couldn't obtain permission to quote the rules, he should have tried to summarize or restate them. For example, we can find many instances of people who offer their versions of topics such as "10 Common Writing Errors," and many are nearly identical. But they are written slightly differently. Just takes a little effort. Nick,
You always will be safe if you attribute someone else’s work to the original author. Altering someone’s original work to try to get around copyight and intellectual property rights is dangerous. Give credit where credit is due. In the case of the 1944 book, if Swanson couldn’t obtain permission to quote the rules, he should have tried to summarize or restate them. For example, we can find many instances of people who offer their versions of topics such as “10 Common Writing Errors,” and many are nearly identical. But they are written slightly differently. Just takes a little effort.

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