Matthew Brown wrote:
Michael Snow writes:
For the types of uses for which US copyright law allows "fair use",
the Berne Convention
requires that the source of the work be mentioned.
A clarification I'd like: does *US copyright law* require the source be mentioned? Or is it the Berne Convention that requires it?
Does it matter? If the United States has ratified the Berne Convention, then international law would have it that its provisions override contrary provisions in US domestic law. Nevertheless, the United States has often made the claim in many areas that the opposite is true, much to the annoyance of other nations.
Whatever the law, citing sources remains a desirable practice. The ability to trace a submission is the strongest evidence that we can have for establishing our rights to do what we do.
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