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Originally Posted by Fishspearit  I think as long as there is a link back to the source, that's considered a good reference and therefore is not a copyright infringement...
By placing the link to the copied material, you are generating traffic back to the source, which is usually the whole purpose of why the source posted it on the internet in the first place. |
If you copy an entire piece, or enough of it, then I don’t have to follow your link, and you’ve reduced the value of the original (I don’t need to buy it, nor view the owner’s website).
You may use part of a work, for the purposes of research or study without the copyright owner’s permission, provided your use is “fair” and genuinely for the purpose of research or study.
Fair dealing may be defined as the use of quotations that do not exceed a certain length. Even in these cases proper acknowledgment of source, including author and publisher, should be made
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U.S. Copyright Office website:
“... 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. A
cknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission...”
Goto: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
See also
10 Big Myths about copyright explained ~ by Brad Templeton
Goto: 10 Big Myths about copyright explained