At 04:21 PM 2/25/00 -0600, Mike and Karen Goad wrote: Let me clarify a couple of things from my last post. Proper citation of author has no impact on whether an item is copyrighted or not. New ORIGINAL material is automatically covered by copyright. Failure to include proper citation may be plagiarism. Plagiarism and copyright are NOT related. Plagiarism refers to what may be unethical portrayal of other's material as one's own. It's unethical, not illegal. Small portions of any copyrighted material may be copied without infringing on copyright. This is the "fair use" principle. (This is covered on my web-site). The correct web address for my site is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/copyright1.htm Mike >Whether or not someone is credited with the info is not important so far >as copyright protection. Today copyright protection begins at the moment >that ORIGINAL material is created and put into words. What I am writing >at this moment is technically protected. > >Some of the material may be okay to share around so long as it is either >in the public domain or is just plain facts. Also, don't forget that >small portions of anything may be copied. Proper citation of the source >is important, though. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/copyright1.htm > >Mike Goad > > >==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== >Support RootsWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >