Re: [epub] research info. question

[Steve Manning <manning0@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi ezine publishers,
Just been lurking and thought I'd join in. To get the definitive word on
copyright you might want to go to
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
The document states that you can use any information you want, attribute it to
the source or don't. It's entirely up to you and your sense of ethics or morals
or whatever. Copyright protects ONLY the expression of those statistics... The
actual sentences that are used to present the information. That you CAN'T copy.
Rephrase and you're legally fine. As for the chart, it's the same thing. Present
the information in a different manner or form and you're legally fine (remember,
I'm not talking about ethics, here. That's up to you.)
You cannot copyright an idea, or a concept. You can only hold copyright to the
specific expression of that idea or concept.
As I understand it, if you discover a new way to produce an ezine and you publish
the instructions, you own the RIGHT to COPY those instructions only.But you can't
stop anyone else from publishing the same thing, using different sentences.
Cheers
Steve Manning

Lewis Sandbeck wrote:

> >Let's say you see some statiscal information (e.g.--you have a ezine about
> >widgets and you see a chart that documents the growth of widget sales for
> >the last five years) from some research group that would punch-up your
> >ezine. Is it common ezine policy to go directly to the company first and ask
> >for reprint rights (and credit them) or do you just simply credit them? And
> >if you do usually have to ask them, do they often charge you a fee for
> >usage?
> >
> >Joanna Lowenstein
>
> I don't know what the common policy is for Ezines.  I think you have a
> lot of people doing things differently online.  I don't think there is
> any problem with analizing data from another publication or service,
> writing an interpretation of the data, and linking to the source.  But I
> do believe a company has a copyright on their statistical data so you
> probably have to ask to reuse it.  I believe government information and
> statistical data is another story.  I believe you can republish that.
> Maybe someone else knows more.

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