Salome
Administrator
I received an email today from someone who reported a thread that contained video clip downloads of DVD's, perhaps in entirety, of various Russian dancers made by one of our members.
I deleted the thread and thought that it might be a good time to go over this topic again, since we have many new members etc.
Members can post copyrighted works under the fair use law, which says the following: "The fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright".
This IS a discussion forum and members DO criticize, learn, comment, report, educate etc. here and are not restricted to work only in the public domain. At the same time the above should be observed and not abused as a loophole.
Posting an excerpt of a copyrighted article in a thread? Ok.
Copying and pasting someone's entire archive of articles in a thread? Not ok.
Uploading an entire CD on the forum? Not ok.
Uploading a song for the purpose of song translation, country of origin question etc. etc. Ok.
Let common sense guide you.
I deleted the thread and thought that it might be a good time to go over this topic again, since we have many new members etc.
Members can post copyrighted works under the fair use law, which says the following: "The fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright".
This IS a discussion forum and members DO criticize, learn, comment, report, educate etc. here and are not restricted to work only in the public domain. At the same time the above should be observed and not abused as a loophole.
Posting an excerpt of a copyrighted article in a thread? Ok.
Copying and pasting someone's entire archive of articles in a thread? Not ok.
Uploading an entire CD on the forum? Not ok.
Uploading a song for the purpose of song translation, country of origin question etc. etc. Ok.
Let common sense guide you.