I was wondering this while I was revising.
If you’re copying, word for word, from a textbook, with a copyright on it, does it count as copyright infringement?
Even if you’re not gonna show it to anybody else.
Just a thought… (:
Thanks guys =]
I was wondering this while I was revising.
If you’re copying, word for word, from a textbook, with a copyright on it, does it count as copyright infringement?
Even if you’re not gonna show it to anybody else.
Just a thought… (:
Thanks guys =]
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Yes it is. But hey, doesn’t stop people.
It doesn’t count if you just use it for personal purposes, like revision. There are often clauses in national contract law which stipulate that it doesn’t apply for the purposes of learning.
Well if you use it for work it could be considered plagiarizing, thts a big no-no. But if your gona use it for your self….big deal. It might not be “legal” but its not “illegal”.
no…. just if you tryed to publish what you copyed
Well it is copyrighted, so if you copy it without permission, you have broken the law. But if you copy less than 5% your okay, and if only use it for yourself to learn, then it’s no problem.
Like somebody said I think there is an exception when it comes to textbooks used for learning.
“This seditious, impossible, wrong-headed idea becomes what is known as “received opinion” and is loved and valued by the majority”
I just copied this word-for-word from Prisons We Choose to Live Inside By Doris May Lessing, Lessing, Doris, 1919-
and I just showed it to everyone here.
Don’t worry about it.
as others said, if you summit it somewhere as your own work, then yea copyright infringment. but if you just write it on a piece of paper with no names or anything, its legal.