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Re: bragging a bit/ quotes

The spoken word is "free" - copyright law protects anything that is "fixed in a medium" - which means written down, committed to paper or vinyl, tape, etc. As far as quotes from the Internet - e-mails and postings, the general rulings seem to protect the writer - as if being fixed in the ether has been ruled the same as fixed on paper or in a book.

However, quoting a short bit of something and giving appropriate attribution is no different on the Internet than in writing. I tend to use a ten line rule of thumb when talking about long articles and books. But a lot depends on how much of the original work you are using. Ten lines of a 10 line post would obviously be too much. You never want to quite so much that the reader has little incentive to seek out the original work.
Carol

I have a related question. I, too, enjoy a good quote but have used them
sparingly in my writings. Does the spoken word immediately fall into public
domain for all to use at will and as desired? My real question, though, is
may I freely reuse a quote I find in a book or on the Internet or must I get
permission from the author, publisher the person who spoke the quote or
his/her estate before publication?


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