Use with no abuse: How to acquire, borrow, quote and reproduce without copyright infringement
- Time:
- Saturday, October 10th, 10:45 am to 12:00 pm
- Location:
- Cambridge Hyatt Regency, Thomas Paine room
- Speaker(s):
- John H. AshleyChief, Visual Arts Division, U.S. Copyright Office
- Catherine ClabbySenior editor, Wilson Digital Inc.; Editorial director, Behavioral Science & Policy; Freelance writer/editor
- Eleanor M. LackmanPartner in Litigation, Copyright and Trademark Practices; Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard; and New York coordinator, The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
- A'ndrea Elyse MesserSenior science writer, Research Communications, Penn State University
- Moderator(s):
- Michael E. NewmanSenior communications officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Freelance writer/editor
- Organizer(s):
- Jennifer Weston CoxDirector of Communication, North Carolina State University College of Engineering
- Michael E. NewmanSenior communications officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Freelance writer/editor
Does rewording or rephrasing another writer’s work make it not plagiarism? Can you violate copyright even when the author is cited? Where do Fair Use, Creative Commons and Wikipedia draw the line between legal and illegal? When it comes to copyright law, what you don’t know—or what you think you know—can hurt you. Hear from a panel of experts on what can be copyrighted; what constitutes infringement; how to get free access or legal permission to use text, visuals, song lyrics and other copyrighted materials. This session will be valuable to writers, editors and PIOs who must protect their work, the work they review, or their institution’s public communications from accusations, scrutiny, negative press and worst of all, litigation. A fun audience exercise at the end of the presentations will help reinforce the lessons learned.
