copyright
If one is collecting blogs on a subject from the Net as opposed to soliciting contributions, is it a violation of copyright to not seek the blog writer’s permission first as it is their intellectual property? Or is it a case of an item in the public domain?
January 30th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Very interesting question. Although I have no legal basis for this reasoning, I would say that if you are using it for research it would violate some law because you stand to make a profit, further your research, etc. However, if you were to quote from the blog, I do not think copyright would be an issue as long as you did not pass it off as your own.
I am intrigued by the question though and plan on proposing it to my lawyer friends.
January 30th, 2006 at 6:22 pm
Ed’s response makes sense and I agree that is a really interesting question Liz. It also sparks another question. If you do quote from a blog for scholarly research purposes and for some reason the blog is later taken down and no longer available to be accessed by the public, how can your citation be checked? I guess we are just waiting for the Chicago Manual of Style to tackle that one (or has it?)
January 30th, 2006 at 11:29 pm
Additionally, has the issue of blogs and copyright ever come up in a court of law? Jodi brings up another good question. Is it acceptable to quote from blogs? Especially if they are written by a credible source?
January 31st, 2006 at 12:39 am
Depending on the project, I don’t see a problem citing blogs. However, I would save and print a copy of the page(s) and keep them with my project in case the blog changes or disappears. But, I’m also someone who keeps almost all of my photocopies no matter how old the project, so maybe that’s just me?
January 31st, 2006 at 1:08 pm
I think as long as you make it known when people post that you may use it later, you’re covered.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:50 am
good blog is dead blog:-) long live!…
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January 15th, 2007 at 6:58 am
hello, it’s good idea…
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