On 9/14/06, Varvel, Virgil <vvarvel[_at_]uillinois.edu> wrote:
>
> .... My
> question is whether you can take from another artist in this way without
> attribution?
Yes.
> First, is this alright within copyright law?
Except for some visual arts as defined under "work of visual art" in Section 101 and as covered by Section 106A in the U.S. copyright law, yes.
> It seemed to be
> similar to plagiarism to me as well, since there is no credit given.
Plagiarism is not same as copyright infringement. Plagiarism is never illegal but copyright infringement is illegal. I can can anything without providing attribution as long as the work is in the public domain, or the copied portion of the work whose copyright is still active does not trigger copyright infringement because of Merger or Fair Use Doctrine or because it is uncopyrightable.
Joseph Pietro Riolo
<josephpietrojeungriolo[_at_]gmail.com>
Number of days left until 1-1-2019 when all knowledge of 1923 in the land of the U.S.A. will be freed from their copyright owners' prisons: 4,491
Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Fri Sep 15 2006 - 16:40:01 GMT
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