Comments on: 5 Things That Can’t Be Copyrighted

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:49:00 +0000

Thanks, it means a lot, especially coming from you!

By: 5 Things That Can’t Be Copyrighted « Rafael Marquez Online

5 Things That Can’t Be Copyrighted « Rafael Marquez Online — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:16:39 +0000

[...] Had a recent discussion with some folks on here about copyrights and fair use and whatnot. In any case, plagiarismtoday.com is, in my opinion, one of the best and most informative sites that deal with copyrights. Amplify’d from http://www.plagiarismtoday.com [...]

By: Pbfriedman

Pbfriedman — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:05:00 +0000

Great article. Concise, clear, and practical. I wish I could get my law students to write this usefully.

By: Rafael Marquez

Rafael Marquez — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:10:01 +0000

Thank you Jonathan!

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:46:35 +0000

They can claim that you're violating their copyright at any point, the question is whether they'll be right or not if it goes to court. In your case, commentary and criticism is among the most protected kinds of speech when it comes to fair use so you would have a very strong argument. However, the actual merits come down to the individual case. If you want, you can email me the details and I'll have a look for you.Hope this helps some!

By: Rafael Marquez

Rafael Marquez — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:39:12 +0000

Hi Jonathan, Great post. I have a question: If I am writing a piece that is critical of someone that in my opinion is an online scammer, and I quote extensive parts of their sales letter (with an appropriate backlink to their site) and point out where I believe they are lying or being deceitful within their sales letter, can they claim that I'm violating their copyright? When is fair use, fair use and when is it not?

By: AstagaComLifestyleOn

AstagaComLifestyleOn — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:20:03 +0000

Nice article….

By: AstagaComLifestyleOn

AstagaComLifestyleOn — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:14:00 +0000

nice article…..

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:40:52 +0000

Greetings and congratulations on an extremely useful site. I found it by reading about bOING-bOING's Ralph Lauren adventure.However, how do I get to the article on registering work – it's on the homepage in the upper left? I keep clicking it and it keeps taking me to this article on "5 Things That Can’t Be Copyrighted". Extremely interesting (astonished by the clothing design thing), but not interchangeable.Thank you and keep up the good fight.

By: chakkravarthi

chakkravarthi — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:37:38 +0000

That's an interesting article, I never thought NASA's images are not copyrighted and also the fashion design thing. Really nice one there. Thanks