At 11:33 AM 9/1/2007, Stnaley wrote: >While copyright issues are legal >issues, plagiarism is an ethical issue. Both are legal issues. If I copy a Harry Potter novel without permission, that is copyright infringement. If I copy a phrase or paragraph from a Harry Potter novel and republish it with attribution, it could be Fair Use and not copyright infringement. If I copy a phrase or paragraph from a Harry Potter novel and republish it without attribution making it appear that I wrote it, that is plagiarism and Rowlings and/or her publisher could sue me. Pat

As I said in the last sentence, "If it caused a personal loss, it may be adjudicated." If they decided to sue, it would be because of the personal loss; that is why the copyright laws were created -- to protect the author/artist from personal loss. Check it out with your Copyright Attorney. I have worked with a corporate copyright attorney when developing training manuals, and no lawsuits occurred because of any of my work. Yes, I know the laws have changed, but to clarify/improve the protection. Stan B. --- Pat Asher <pasher@ee.net> wrote: > If I copy a phrase or paragraph from a Harry Potter novel and > republish it without attribution making it appear that I wrote it, > that is plagiarism and Rowlings and/or her publisher could sue me. > > Pat I am NOT old, I am experienced! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC