From: Paul Robinson <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA ----- >> I'm sure people out there must post newspaper articles to your lists >> routinely. Or maybe not. :-) But what to do? Can we do it? Who's >> watching? Where's the big brother? Should I add at the top of such >> things "Reproduced here without permission" ? > Chuck, A lot of discussion list and newsgroups do the sort of thing > you are proposing--and they are clearly, unequivocally in violation > of copyright. Not True. Specifically under the provisions of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary Works, a person may - for certain reasons - reproduce a portion of a work without the consent of the copyright owner. Research and criticism is squarely within the provisions permitted under the treaty. Except for Russia, every industrialized country in the world is a signatory member of the Berne Convention including (as of April 1, 1988) the United States. > You are going about this the right way by asking for permission. You > should continue to do so. Why not simply post bibliographic references > for the sources that you do not have permission to duplicate? That's > perfectly legitimate to do. I can't see why it's even necessary to mention that it's legitimate to include references to an article. Also, it depends on the source and availablility. The {Washington Post} or the {New York Times} are probably available worldwide. Yet the {Washington Times} or the {Washington City Paper} might be hard to come by outside the local area. It depends also on the source of the work and quantity. A single three-column article in a one month period from a major newspaper is so small an amount of usage as to be trivial. Taking three pages a day from the New York Times, on the other hand, is clearly excessive. --- Paul Robinson - [log in to unmask] ----- The following Automatic Fortune Cookie was selected only for this message: Never let your schooling interfere with your education.