Re: Plagiarism

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Tyler Ochoa <tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> wrote:
>
> While I agree generally with this analysis (although I think you meant
> to say infringement is "illegal," rather than "legal"), as a practical
> matter I think if a quote is used with attribution, it is more likely to
> be considered a fair use than a quote used without attribution. Hence,
> "if they fall under Fair Use, it is not required to provide
> attribution," is true, but incomplete, since fair use may in turn depend
> upon whether attribution has been provided.

Thanks for your comment.

How can providing an attribution help any of four factors in Fair Use Doctrine? In some cases, it is best not to provide attribution, if possible, so that you will open yourself to meritless lawsuits. Naturally, it is a good practice to tell where you get quotation from but in some cases, revealing the source may prove more harmful than concealing the source.

Joseph Pietro Riolo
<riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>

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Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Tue Sep 10 2002 - 22:57:32 GMT