copyright
I know I received a lot of questions thinking that I am confusing copyright with maybe plagiarism. In fact they are kind of similar, because they both pertain in some people copying other people work without their permission. As stated before we students should be very concern about this topic, I don’t want to be told how much information I should retrieve out of the internet for a research paper. That would be in contraction with what the internet is for: helping me get as much information as possible within a limited time frame. There are in fact circumstances where one has to ask for permission in order to use the works of an author. The permission has to be in writing, clearly stating why and how the work would be used. You have to submit two copies: one for the rights-holders and another one for your own records. No one is to say whether you will be able to obtain a yes, after you go through the hassle to writing a letter. This process makes it really hard for the society to use others work. As far as I am concerned, it is not very up building, especially if our goal as a society is to help one another grow. Using another’s work, as long it the credit is being given is ok, that way you promote togetherness and not separation within the society.
By the way a sample of a permission letter can be found here: http://library.case.edu/copyright/permissionsample.pdf
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