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   saschafer | Jun 06, 2008 11:03pm | #1

   Strictly speaking, it depends on the wording of the copyright statement. In general, yes, it is infringement.

   For example, the copyright statement in every copy of Fine Woodworking says, "No reproduction without permission of the Taunton Press, Inc."

   -Steve

    

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   Dunwright | Jun 06, 2008 11:33pm | #2

   Thanks for the, near instant, response.
   Then, by your informative message, posting copyrighted articles to help someone else would fall into the...
   "Let no good deed, go unpunished" category.Then, an acceptable alternative would be to cite the periodical's name, the issue's date and perhaps the page number.
   Arlington, Texas (The dash in Dallas-Fort Worth)
   Practice...'till you can do it right the first time.

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   saschafer | Jun 07, 2008 12:41am | #4

   "Then, an acceptable alternative would be to cite the periodical's name, the issue's date and perhaps the page number."

   That's always the safest option.

   -Steve

    

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   Y1RET | Jun 06, 2008 11:57pm | #3

   It has been a while sense I was in a business law class and there have been some changes in copyright law to protect digital media. However, the basic premise in copyright law is to protect someone from making a profit off someone else’s work. If you make a copy for your own use or in this case to help someone without making a profit (epically if it does not prevent the copyright holder from making his profit) you are not breaking the law. Copyrights do not run forever. If the article is from 1985 then the copyright has probably expired any way.

    

   Perhaps there is someone who is more up to date on this issue, but it does not sound like this is something you can get into trouble over.  

   
   

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   Edited 6/6/2008 5:00 pm ET by Y1RET

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   SteveSchoene | Jun 07, 2008 02:46am | #6

   This is a complex subject, but if notice of copyright was given when the work was published, as was likely with a magazine, the copyright would extend to 70 years after the death of the author or if a corporate authorship 95 years after the date of publication.  Source: http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ 

   The duration has been continually extended by Congress, sometimes thought of as Disney extensions--to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain. 

   There are also "fair use" provisions."  According to the copyright office:

   The distinction between “fair use” and infringement may be unclear and not easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission. Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission.  [ital added]

   The 1961 Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law cites examples of activities that courts have regarded as fair use: “quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the author's observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report; reproduction by a library of a portion of a work to replace part of a damaged copy; reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson; reproduction of a work in legislative or judicial proceedings or reports; incidental and fortuitous reproduction, in a newsreel or broadcast, of a work located in the scene of an event being reported.”

   Copyright protects the particular way an author has expressed himself; it does not extend to any ideas, systems, or factual information conveyed in the work.

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   WillGeorge | Jun 09, 2008 03:18pm | #11

   I agree as the Feds take me off to Jail!

   Just an example.. I love working with C# code .. All sorts of stuff posted I use and change for my needs.. I think if they posted it they wanted glory! I wanted the knowledge.. How do we separate from that?  Not the exact copy of the code but MANY ideas in there?

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   10fingers | Jun 07, 2008 12:58am | #5

   Hello,

   I needed some copyrighted information for a paper and presentation I had to do for school.  I emailed the source and asked permission.  They replied the next day and said I could use the info.  Just email the source and ask permission.

   10fingers

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   forestgirl | Jun 07, 2008 05:26am | #7

   Have you considered simply emailing the article, rather than posting it on the internet?  Technically, even that might be a violation, but your onlyl sending it to one person, and it's not like the copyright police are checking the airwaves every second.  With a 13-year-old article, even the conscious can be fairly at ease.

   I feel differently about posting a scan on an internet forum where it's available to millions of people, free of charge.  Chances are, legally it is a copyright violation, but who knows what the chances are you'd get caught or that the publisher would even care.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   Dunwright | Jun 07, 2008 09:01pm | #8

   Hey, have I got a dirt-simple sketch of a fixture for sharpening jointer knives on the TS; but I can't share it online (wink, wink).BTW...I just checked my profile;my e-mail address is correct.
   Arlington, Texas (The dash in Dallas-Fort Worth)
   Practice...'till you can do it right the first time.

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   SethHensel | Jun 08, 2008 11:29pm | #10

   I sharpen long cutters from time to time.  any ideas?  Wink, wink, wink....

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   Cincinnati | Jun 08, 2008 03:45pm | #9

   Forrest Girl, Say it ain't so!Are you really saying you can have a clear conscious if you don't get caught? The owner will ALWAYS care when his © is violated! He may not always want retribution.FYI Everything you type into cyberspace remains on multiple computers somewhere. Do not think that email is private between 2 people. WHen you delete it, it is not gone!Greg

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