Copyrights - and Common Courtesy . . .

Roger Hogan Wrote {on another thread}:
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> Facebook is a place for you to share and post
> content that matters to your audience.  But be-
> fore sharing content on Facebook or other Meta
> technologies, be sure you have the right to do so.
> Meta's Terms of Service do not allow posting
> content that violates someone else’s intellectual
> property rights, including copyright & trademark.

Roger Hogan {also} Wrote:
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> What is the illegal copying of text?
> It is not legal to copy any material from any
> website, book, newspaper, e-book, journal,
> or other document. You may only copy con-
> tent from another source when you have
> the author's permission.
>
> Copying someone's words from a Facebook
> post without their permission may infringe on
> their copyright, even if there is no copyright
> symbol attached to the content.  Copyright
> protection applies to original works of author-
> ship, such as writing or text, as soon as they
> are fixed in a tangible medium of expression.


Right On, Roger -    

As it says at the top of the NGDF Home Page / Message List – and the composition page while editing – (emphasis mine):

"Rights to all posts are owned by their respective authors.  All other content copyright 2000-2020 NGDF, all rights reserved."

Even that Wild-Eyed Foamer from California, Roosso, does his best to remember to add copyright "©" notices to photos from others used by permission — or at least to admit to "borrowing" a shot from another post.  Whether it is a violation of copyright laws or not, it's just common courtesy to acknowledge the efforts of others, es­pecially when re-posting a long or complex paragraph that obviously took considerable effort to research and/or compose.  At minimum, a simple statement like "As Willie Said,"  before citing someone else's work is a common courtesy we all should take the time to include in our posts.

- Sincerely, Willie  (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)  
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2023 05:07PM by Johnson Barr.