As far as I know, as long as you give reference to the source you are fine. I have a few published papers, and in them I use information that I gathered from previously published sources... standing on the shoulders of giant, if you will. Anyway, as long as you don't claim the knowledge as your own you are fine.Roy wrote:
Perhaps some of the legal scholars on this forum might know.
The article was put on the internet for people to see. No one on this forum is claiming ownership. But perhaps we could get some ideas from our legal scholars on the forum.
As for the original post, it states who wrote the article, and where it was printed/published, so all is well. The only thing that I would add is a direct link to the original story; it isn't necessary, but nice to have in certain circumstances.
-mike.
edit: come to think of it I do recall seeing the proper etiquette for sourcing on-line materials, but it eludes me now as to the exact requirements. Most research texts don't really approve using on-line sources as anyone can post anything on-line without any formal review. I mean someone could come on Bambooweb and find some rubbish that I have posted and use it in a research paper.... an extremely silly idea, but possible.
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