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reply Ron Tarrant <rontarrant gmail.com> writes:
Hi all,

I've been thinking about how to take GtkDcoding to the next level 
and one idea is to use (favourable) comments made here on the 
forum to help promote the blog.

So, since I'm not clear on copyright law and how it affects forum 
posts, I decided to ask...

1) Does anyone know how copyright laws stand regarding reuse of 
comments on a forum?

2) Does anyone object to me quoting them for promotional purposes?
Oct 14 2019
next sibling parent reply Jesse Phillips <Jesse.K.Phillips+D gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 14 October 2019 at 11:14:50 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:

 Hi all,

 I've been thinking about how to take GtkDcoding to the next 
 level and one idea is to use (favourable) comments made here on 
 the forum to help promote the blog.

 So, since I'm not clear on copyright law and how it affects 
 forum posts, I decided to ask...

 1) Does anyone know how copyright laws stand regarding reuse of 
 comments on a forum?

 2) Does anyone object to me quoting them for promotional 
 purposes?


Pretty sure since this is a public forum, legally you just need 
to reference your sources (if even that). Asking permission is 
just polite.

I don't say anything good, but you're free to use mine.
Oct 14 2019
next sibling parent Russel Winder <russel winder.org.uk> writes:
On Mon, 2019-10-14 at 15:36 +0000, Jesse Phillips via Digitalmars-d-learn
wrote:
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 Pretty sure since this is a public forum, legally you just need=20
 to reference your sources (if even that). Asking permission is=20
 just polite.


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But the forum/email list does not have terms of use that transfer copyright
from the writer to the owner of the server hosting the forum/email list.
Literary works are copyright the writer unless they give up that copyright.
But IANAL.

Quoting short parts of a literary work with attribution is clearly fair use=
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at least in the jurisdictions I know about, there may be some jurisdictions=
 in
which this doesn't apply.

Asking permission guarantees no future copyright case brought against you.

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Russel.
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Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200
41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077
London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk
Oct 15 2019
prev sibling parent Ron Tarrant <rontarrant gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:36:44 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:


 Pretty sure since this is a public forum, legally you just need 
 to reference your sources (if even that). Asking permission is 
 just polite.


Well, yes and no. According to the FTC (U.S.) and the Federal 
Competition Bureau (Canada) it's best to get permission in 
written form, even if it's email or on a public forum, no matter 
what the source of the comments. It's polite, yes, but it also 
removes ambiguity.


 I don't say anything good, but you're free to use mine.


:) <smirk> Why, thanks, Jesse.
Oct 15 2019
prev sibling parent reply Russel Winder <russel winder.org.uk> writes:
On Mon, 2019-10-14 at 11:14 +0000, Ron Tarrant via Digitalmars-d-learn wrot=
e:
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 1) Does anyone know how copyright laws stand regarding reuse of=20
 comments on a forum?


IANAL, but=E2=80=A6 I believe emails, and I suspect forum posts, are copyri=
ght since
they are literary works. Quoting them with reference to the original source
is, I believe, fair use. But that depends on the jurisdiction. For forums I
would guess that the jurisdiction of the server handling the UI (and possib=
ly
the one holding the storage if different) is the jurisdiction for copyright
law. For emails it is likely weird, and not at all obvious.


 2) Does anyone object to me quoting them for promotional purposes?


Not I. I am happy for comments I make regarding GtkDCoding on this email li=
st
to be used above my name on the GtkDCoding website.

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Russel.
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Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200
41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077
London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk
Oct 15 2019
parent Ron Tarrant <rontarrant gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 15 October 2019 at 14:33:27 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:


 Not I. I am happy for comments I make regarding GtkDCoding on 
 this email list to be used above my name on the GtkDCoding 
 website.


Thanks, Russel.
Oct 15 2019