COPYRIGHT

COPYRIGHT What is copyright? No one can reproduce his work with his permission to leave - not even a personal letter. How much of a writer to work can be legitimately used? A poem of 40-50 words is generally considered OK. Usually you are not allowed to copy large amounts of another writer to work without their permission. * But then, what is meant by the term "substantial"? It 'widely open to interpretation and there is a literary and legal "minefield" (which is a metaphor, of course!). There are very strict guidelines on the copyright. The following is a rough rule of thumb ': You can take about 300 words from a book or other long work of writing. You can also quote 150 words from a magazine article. Fifty (50) quotes the words of a newspaper article is generally considered "fair use" or without a permit or fee. Copyright lasts 50 years after its death.You can use the so-called "fair" in the drafting of reports, or research materials. Always advise sourcesin acknowledging its reference section (bibliography, I have tried very hard to bring this impressive long-term). All this is very clear - the whole issue of copyright, so I will not say too much. My advice is simple: just use common sense and discretion (if there are some) ... be honest and follows his heart. Do not copy material from another author and the object (nice word, eh?) Being the author. One should not be a large amount of paraphrasing another author's writing, nor the use of the writer points (or the object of his writing) without due recognition. Hint hint! If you enter a conflict (Oops!), And retailers are copyright laywers (or as lawyers call them here in the 'civil' NZ) at major centers. If in doubt, get advice ... therefore do not infringe copyright. Send requests to use "borrowed" material allows publisher of a magazine, joual or publisher. Book publishers often have a small department that deals exclusively in the present. Give them as much information as possible about your article or a book, his publisher, as well as other books or articles written by you. Tell them what you want to use and why such an offer, etc.. Let's say you give them their due recognition in his writing. Usually oblige. There is sometimes a small fee. Always acknowledge the source of their offerings - then he has kept his word, his share of "trading". It also saves a copy of the correspondence in the case of an unlikely dispute.Now some kiwi (and UK) ... Nobody is able to reproduce your work without your consent. The laws of New Zealand is closely following British law. In New Zealand copyright law generally protected for 50 years after the death of the author. If a book was published posthumously (Nice long term), copyright extends 75 years after the time of death. After that the work may be used freely by anyone. N. hope for me then ... but maybe my great great great guys! Since 1989, the New Zealand copyright law requires 3 copies of every publication in New Zealand to go to the National Library in Wellington. One of which goes to the Alexander Tubull Library, National Library of a Finnish literature, while the third is kept at the Library of Parliament in the capital Wellington. Sometimes it may be useful to an editor of copyright in exchange for a fee. My advice: it is not his masterpiece. So, again your copyright ... unless they are in financial difficulties, as the candidates (and they) writer. * In the next lesson (and article) are going to see the issue of plagiarism. Wow, that is a big word and I hope I spelled that correctly (especially for you "since the Americans')! No, it does not matter that my use of materials and I think it can be very difficult for another "writer" back close to my "style crowds expect information and entertainment at the same time." In any case, is not " imitation the sincerest form of flattery "? About the Author Craig Lock is an author of numerous books and creator of the creative writing course on line ORIGINALE.