Copywrong
So, I think I am having a little trouble with the difference between properly citing my sources and copyright infringement. A lot of the content on my website will be scholarly work of my own, I will nonetheless still have sources, which will be properly cited. If my primary source of information is a couple of books on the jail, do I need to contact the authors and ask permission to cite their work? This is something we probably ought to cover in class.
Anyway, I think the primary copyright issues will be gaining permission to use photos. Since Kilmainham Gaol owns the rights to many photos related to its history, I don’t believe that this will be a problem.
PS Lynn, GREAT cartoon on twitter. I loved it.
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That is an interesting question. Because if we look at print, you would not need permission. If you look at scholarly articles, a point is to discuss a current argument or belief and then take it in a new direction or refute it. In other words, if I write an article and go into detail about a historian’s work that I’m trying to build on, I wouldn’t need to ask permission. With online? My initial thought is no, but after reading the chapter on property, I don’t know what I know.
Glad you liked the cartoon – I enjoyed it as well!