Showing posts with label comparing and contrasting plagiarism and copyright infringement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comparing and contrasting plagiarism and copyright infringement. Show all posts

Monday, February 11, 2013

Internet copyright law has to have public support if it's going to work; Guardian, 1/31/13

Cory Doctorow, Guardian; Internet copyright law has to have public support if it's going to work: "I know lots of people who disagree about when and whether it's OK to reproduce creative works without permission. There are long, thoughtful debates about how long copyright should last; whether publicly funded works should be treated the same as privately created ones; whether scientific and scholarly works should be freely available; what sort of works qualify as "creative", and, of course, what fair dealing/fair use should and should not allow. But while I know plenty of proud pirates, I don't think I've ever heard of someone standing up for the good, old fashioned plagiarism. Plagiarism and copyright infringement are different things, of course."