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EdZ
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As a reminder to all posters to this forum, here are some notes:
Work published or posted by someone on another web-site that you think this forum would benefit from should NOT be copied and pasted into a message and posted to this forum without the express permission of the author. That's what we call plagarism or copyright infringement.
The problem may be considered even more offensive if the material being reposted here was either from a private correspondence or private email. No one should ever post the contents of a private email correspondence to a public forum without the express permission of the author.
Before you can repost original works here, you can take one of several courses of action:
If you find information posted publicly somewhere that you think might be worth posting to this forum, then by all means post a link or reference to that item. But, DO NOT cut and paste the text or photo into a forum message. That will be deleted without question and without notification.
You can obtain the permission of the original author to repost his work or correspondence to this forum. The reposted work should include a notice that permission has been granted with a link or reference back to the original source.
Always request permission from an author to make public any private correspondence.
This type of consideration by our members will help to keep this forum at the top of the ethical pyramid. Thanks in advance for your co-operation.
Please see this thread for further discussion and other links to Internet Law
Internet Etiquitte and Laws
Just some reminders published previously
Copying photographs from other websites without permission is NOT OK.
Copying other peoples astrophotos without consent is NOT OK.
Copying info from other websites without permission is NOT OK.
All of the above may be deleted without notification.
Links to other websites photograghs are OK.
although you should at least consider the bandwidth demands you are putting on some poor soul
Providing links to other websites is OK.
Copying information after receiving permission would be OK.
Posting an email conversation between two parties without consent is NOT OK.
Posting an email conversation after receiving permission is OK.
Photocopying anything out of a book and posting it is NOT OK.
Obtaining permission from the author to post a copy is OK.
Quoting passages from a book with proper credits is OK.
I'm sure this does not cover it all.
Use good ethical judgement.
Thank you
edz
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craig_oz_land
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Reged: 01/21/04
Posts: 343
Loc: Sydney, Australia
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Thanks EdZ.
Regards, Craig.
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Brian M
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Reged: 07/12/04
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I thought it was only plagiarism if credit was not given to the original source?
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sftonkin
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Reged: 02/25/04
Posts: 395
Loc: Kent, UK
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Plagiarism and "passing off" are representing someone else's work as your own. However, copying and reposting someone else's work, even if attribution is given, can still infringe copyright, because copyright protection gives an author the right to determine where and how his work is used.
If you wish to avoid both copyright infringement and plagiarism, it is best to give a précis, link, and attribution (i.e. what EdZ requested in the original post).
Relevant useful URLs:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/copyright.html
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/copyright-internet.htm
I hope this clarifies things.
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Stephen
Hindsight: The only truly diffraction-limited system
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EdZ
Professor EdZ
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Loc: Cumberland, R I , USA42N71.4W
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The most egregious form of plagiarism is that of copying someone else's work and attempting to pass it off as if it were your own creation, whether photovisual or written word.
Plagairism will absolutely NOT be tolerated in this forum.
At the very least, in any educational environment, it would automatically get you a grade of Fail. In some University settings that would be cause for expulsion. As a newspaper columnist, it will get you fired from your job immediately. It will certainly have some consequences here. Lack of understanding is no excuse.
edz
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