jayjg wrote:
On 8/12/06, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
I seriously question the notion that using material from the original movie or book is original research.
I don't see how you possibly could question it; it's clear as day (see above). Where have the screencaps in question been published?
On TV. In the case of Star Trek in particular they've also been published on DVD.
The original research was done by the author of the book.
That's right, and he's allowed to. Scientists, researchers, authors, newspaper reporters - they all do original research. We don't, we use the material the have published in reliable sources instead.
NOR explicitly allows the use of primary sources, which as far as I can tell a broadcast or DVD showing of a television episode is.
The "is a TV episode a primary source?" debate was in full swing back when I left on vacation a couple weeks ago, good to see it wasn't resolved behind my back. :)