Re: Quoting copyrighted material in a tech manual?

Subject: Re: Quoting copyrighted material in a tech manual?
From: Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com>
To: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:10:23 -0700


Well, yes, the point being that you have to ask, rather than just going on some "handwave handwave fair use" assumption.

Laura

On Jun 17, 2014, at 12:05 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:

> It's up to the copyright holder whether to charge a fee. They might
> look at it as free promotion if the manual were written in such a way
> as to strongly encourage purchase of the book.
>
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>> Even if you acquired the permissions to quote, there is likely a fee you will need to pay depending on the amount of content you're excerpting.



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References:
Quoting copyrighted material in a tech manual?: From: Jim Witkin
Re: Quoting copyrighted material in a tech manual?: From: Laura Lemay
Re: Quoting copyrighted material in a tech manual?: From: Robert Lauriston

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