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- From: bf455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bonita Kale)
- Subject: Re: Help with Quoted Material
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- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 10:40:30 GMT
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- References: <1992Jul22.171154.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> <1649@hydra.bucknell.edu> <cass8806.96@elan.glassboro.edu>
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- In a previous article, mschmitt@eagle.wesleyan.edu () says:
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- >In article <cass8806.96@elan.glassboro.edu>, cass8806@elan.glassboro.edu (KYLE CASSIDY) writes:
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- >> you don't have to credit anybody as long as the phrase is not copywrited.
- >> you can say. you can also quote things that are in the public domain without
- >> worrying -- you can say "four score and seven years ago" all you want
- >> without ever bothering to mention presiden lincoln. things that people say
- >> are not usually copyrighted (or indeed copywriteable) -- if this were true,
- >> it would be nearly impossible to write a book at all. you cannot quote
- >> copywrited material (such as a poem) without attributing it.
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- Someone ought to mention that it costs, and that the author pays. I've
- heard that popular songs, in particular, are quite ridiculously expensive.
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- > Okay, suppose I want to quote something on a poster in a story. Would
- >the phrase found on that poster be considered copyrighted, or not? Let me
- >guess, it depends on whether it's a common phrase, right?
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- Don't know. But you can't copyright a bumper sticker, for what that's
- worth.
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- Bonita Kale
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