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- Subj : OFFICIAL - Posting of newspaper & other articles - Copyright
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- * Crossposted from: MTLNET.INFOHIGHWAY-I
-
- Hello All,
-
- Firstly I must qualify my statements by indicating that I am
- not a lawyer. However, my interpretation of the following is
- based on informed opinion & scrutiny of the facts. It is
- recommended that if you have serious doubt you contact a legal
- professional.
-
- *A note to Moderators.* Some of you may feel that this post
- is not germane to your conference. If this is the case I ask
- your indulgence due to the importance to this issue. So many
- of the people in your conferences are indeed concerned about
- how they may better express themselves & disseminate important
- information they come across. This is meant to equip us all
- to better communicate & contribute to the conferences we
- participate in. Thanks for your indulgence & I hope this
- will be of value to you & the participants of each conference.
- My signature (.sig) has been included for purposes of
- credibility.
-
-
- SUBJECT: Legality of posting newspaper & other copyrighted
- articles from various media sources.
-
-
- It is my conclusion based on the contents of Bill C-32, An
- Act to ammend the Copyright Act (of Canada), that posting
- copyrighted articles to newsgroups, conferences, echos or
- other public electronic communications media, is legal
- provided the posting meets with the stipulations of
- Bill C-32 as follows;
-
-
-
- PART III
-
- INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT AND
- MORAL RIGHTS AND EXCEPTIONS TO
- INFRINGEMENT
-
-
- EXCEPTIONS
-
-
- Fair Dealing
-
- 29. Fair dealing for the purpose of research or
- private study does not infringe copyright.
-
-
-
- 29.1 Fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or
- review does not infringe copyright if the following
- are mentioned:
-
- (a) the source; and
-
- (b) if given in the source, the name of the
-
- (i) author, in the case of a work,
-
- (ii) performer, in the case of a performer's
- performance,
-
- (iii) maker, in the case of a sound recording, or
-
- (iv) broadcaster, in the case of a communication
- signal.
-
-
-
- 29.2 Fair dealing for the purpose of news reporting
- or news summary does not infringe copyright if the
- following are mentioned:
-
- (a) the source; and
-
- (b) if given in the source, the name of
-
- (i) author, in the case of a work,
-
- (ii) performer, in the case of a performer's
- performance,
-
- (iii) maker, in the case of a sound recording, or
-
- (iv) broadcaster, in the case of a communication
- signal.
-
-
-
- Therefore posting of articles from newspaper or other media
- sources, in my informed opinion, does not constitute an
- infringement of the Copyright Act.
-
- Should you require further explanation or a more detailed
- outline regarding these matters please feel free to contact me
- personally & I will be happy to help you out & direct you to
- the resources pertinent to your interests & concerns.
-
- ALSO OF IMPORTANCE:
-
- I suggest that the following disclaimer be added to any post
- wherein you may be copying text from a newspaper or other
- article in order that there be no misunderstanding on the part
- of any reader as to the specific sections of the Copyright
- Act which allow for "Fair dealing" related to copyrights
- infringements exceptions:
-
-
- "This information is forewarded to you for the
- sole purpose of criticism & review pursuant to
- Bill C-32, an Act to ammend the Copyright Act
- (of Canada), Section 29.1."
-
-
- I suggest that you save this post for reference & I hope that
- it has cleared up some of the misunderstandings & foggy areas
- of posting copyrighted acts on various nets for review &
- discussion in an effort to better inform ourselves.
-
- Any developments related to this issue will be posted in
- MTLNET.INFOHIGHWAY-ISSUES & crossposted to numerous other
- conferences.
-
- Your comments & observations are welcomed & appreciated, as
- always.
-
- I sincerely hope that this has been of value to many of you.
-
- Regards,
-
- KLB
- Moderator
- MTLNET.INFOHIGHWAY-ISSUES
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- Internet Presence Provider - Web-Site Design - HTML/SGML
- Videographic Production Including Pre & Post
- Member - HTML Writers' Guild Inc.
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-
- ... Oh no! The Moderator's been doing his homework again.
-
- --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]
- * Origin: Juxtaposition BBS. Lasalle, Quebec, Canada (1:167/133)
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