Melanie Wrobel’s presentation on copyright was an informative discussion that shed some light on legal grey areas for me. Of particular interest was the discussion relating to blog posts from this course. I had, incorrectly as it turns out, assumed that “if you cite its alright”. It seems that is not necessarily the case, and use of more than a small percentage of an author’s work requires you to seek permission. I don’t expect I will ever need to post more than a few lines at any one given time, but it is good to know the reality of the situation.
Thesis publication, which seems light years away, seems to have a lot of headaches attached to it and I must confess, I am not looking forward to the process if I decide to go the research route especially. In this journey, I am thankful that people like Melanie Wrobel exist to help navigate the murky waters of publication and copyright!