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RE: Copyright of scientific research articles on Steemit
I am not too sure what you are referring about, but if you cite an article, it is fine. You do not violate anything. You are not copying anything from it, you are just indicating a source. Citing is good and fair (otherwise, any single research article would violate some copyrights :D ). Copying is not.
I don't know what law states for, for instance, quoting one or two sentence out of a text.
Hey @lemouth,
that was what confused me. I could not distinguish between indicating sources and "re-telling", which is clearly an indication of copyright violation. I thought that writing some sort of "Review" is probably ok as it is own creative work, but to blog and re-tell the contents of a paper in his own words is not. This distinction problem got me cautious. Also, sharing and citing research in the scientific world is probably different than blogging it commercially, which is basically what we are doing on Steemit. Hence, more confusion. Thank you for your response, this puts me a bit at ease!
Well, it you take every single paragraph and rephrase it, it is legally not violating any copyright I guess. But this is not something that I would upvote, share or even comment.
I often discussed a paper I have read during the week last year. I was clearly indicating what I had read, giving the link to the paper and discussing it (with maybe some more general context) on my blog. At the end of the day, there is not much from the original paper, except maybe the grand storyline. For the figures, if they are open access you are fine. If you indicate where they come form, it is fine too.
Hey lemouth,
according to the guidelines I found regarding fair use, re-telling the paper, even the grand storyline, and blogging (making it accessible to tthe public) are often regarde as Copyright violation, if there is a claim. If I understood everything correctly, that is. And when commercial use is thrown in the mix, it gets worse. I can send you links in the SteemSTEM channel if you would like. I was really hoping someone with a background in law would chip in, to elaborate. I am a bit of a 120% guy, so until I am dead sure, I will not be posting anything, sadly. :( Except completely original content. Thank you for responding!
If all the text is mine, with the proper citation, then I think it is fine. I don;'t see how I could violate any copyright when telling about some knowledge IO have acquired. Of course, there are sources, but this holds for everything.
Ultimately, I think you are right. After some thinking on the topic and after digesting the first scare, I think sharing knowledge should be fine. If I write an article and provide sources the original source stays "protected", as people without subscription cannot read them, anyway (if paywalled). As long as I do not share contents of the original paper in any sense, it should be ok. Thank you for bearing with me, some thoughts are better understood when discussed!
Discussions are always welcome! I am glad to have been able to contribute!