Publishing articles

[gribbon]

I read Tormod's guide to publishing articles, but I need to get one thing straight first of all.

If one does publish an article, do you have to gain permission from the original writer first of all, or do you just have to explain the source? ( assume you don't have to be a moderator to do it either, do you?)

Thanks......

[Jay-qu]

Normally to 'publish' an article means to put it into the public domain, which if you are re-posting an article, is not publishing. Posting news is generally done by the editors but if you would like to post an article of your own, it can be arranged for the article to first be reviewed and then possibly posted

[gribbon]

Ah right....so you write a good article, then you hand it over to one of you guys, and then, if it's good enough, it gets published, right?

Thanks, your a good help, Jay!

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by gribbon

If one does publish an article, do you have to gain permission from the original writer first of all, or do you just have to explain the source?

That depends. If it is copyrighted material it cannot be published here without the express written consent of the original author. We would probably not even take someone's word that they got a mail from the author without contacting the author ourselves to make absolutely sure of their permission.

OTOH, there are many public news/press releases that can be republished without permission but we still require a credit to the source of the material. Look near the end of the news stories I post and click on the source to see where they came from. These are releases from Universities, Government Agencies, National Laboratories, etc.. that post public releases for news editors to use.

[Pyrotex]

Originally Posted by C1ay

That depends....These are releases from Universities, Government Agencies, National Laboratories, etc.. that post public releases for news editors to use.

And where do you find these Universities, Agencies, Laboratories that are putting out press releases?????????

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by Pyrotex

And where do you find these Universities, Agencies, Laboratories that are putting out press releases?????????

About all of them do actually. I have bookmarks for around 100 that I view daily to see if there are any releases that qualify as "Science news" then I publish the ones that I think are interesting.

[gribbon]

I couldn't find anything that said this was copyrighted....could I publish this?

Atoms function as light-trappers and transporters - tech - 07 February 2007 - New Scientist Tech

[C1ay]

No, the fine print at the bottom of the page says, "© Copyright Reed Business Information Ltd."

You could post the first 2 paragraphs plus a link to the story in the "News In Brief" forum...