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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