[LINK] Blogging question

[Tom Worthington]

On 18/01/13 09:46, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

> If I make a comment on someone else's blog and then use most of that
> comment on my own, should I attribute it? ...

If you are an academic, then you should attribute your own work, 
including blog postings, if they have something substantial to say (this 
is in addition to any copyright requirements).

> Do any copyright issues apply to the original blog content that I wrote?

If you provide content for someone to publish, then you have to accept 
their conditions of publication. That might include transferring 
copyright to them and their exclusive use of the material. To avoid 
getting caught up in this, I usually put a substantial comment on my own 
blog first and then a summary of that elsewhere, with "more at" and my 
own blog address at the bottom.


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