Dear Dr. ©: In old movies, the newsboys (newsyoungpersons now?) are always standing in the street (don’t their parents know that they could be hit by a horsecart?) yelling, “Extree! Extree! Read All About It!” and waving some yellow rag in the air. I remember hearing that facts in news stories can’t be copyrighted, but that […]
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Dear Dr. C: I want to publish and sell a line of postcards. I think that I am a pretty decent photographer, and I travel a lot, so most of the pictures will be photos that I have taken on my travels. Is all of this legal? Signed, Shutter Bug Dear Ms. Bug: As with […]
Dear Dr. C: I used Google’s image search and found a really great photo that I saved. It does not have a © notice on it. Now I want to use it on my web site. I may also have done the same thing a “few” times before. Is that OK? — Anonymous (for obvious […]
Dear Dr. Copyright: Is plagiarism the same as copyright infringement? — Sir I. Newton, F.R.S. Dear Sir Isaac: No, plagiarism and copyright infringement are different, and not always in equal and opposite ways at all times and all places. Now that I have you completely confused, let me explain… Plagiarism is an infraction that is […]