ONLY if you choose to let them add it when you upload. Both Kobo and Nook ASK if you want them to add DRM, so my books are not DRMd on there, but many are. They use Adobe Digital Edition to handle it.
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Dave,
Quoting is NOT sufficient, in all cases. If you are writing a work you intend to release for sale (not a scholarly paper...which severely curtails "fair use," as many people understand it), the quote/s are integral to the book and cannot be paraphrased or otherwise hinted at, even if you properly attribute them, the quotes are not so well known that they have become iconic/popular culture, and they are not public domain (use copyright law for that and not the idiotic excuse I've caught some kids at that finding it on the web makes it public domain, please), you can still be sued. I don't have the case in front of me, but there is a current case where an author wrote a book teaching people to work in stand-up comedy, including quoted jokes from well-known stand-up comedians, properly attributed. She's still being sued, because those jokes are not her IP. They belong to the comedians and/or their writers and were used without permission in an endeavor that could make her money on their work.
From the author seat...no, plagiarism is not and is not likely to be accepted anytime soon as acceptable practice. In general, when authors find another author plagiarizing, the responses range between: "What are you, stupid?" to "I hope you never sell another book, you fake." It incenses me that someone that claims herself an author thinks this is acceptable behavior. I may suggest this subject to Patric at Copyright Alliance for a blog post, if he hasn't already done one.
Brenna Lyons
author and president of EPIC (Electronically Published Internet Connection)
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ONLY if you choose to let them add it when you upload. Both Kobo and Nook ASK if you want them to add DRM, so my books are not DRMd on there, but many are. They use Adobe Digital Edition to handle it. B
Dave, Quoting is NOT sufficient, in all cases. If you are writing a work you intend to release for sale (not a scholarly paper...which severely curtails "fair use," as many people understand it), the quote/s are integral to the book and cannot be paraphrased or otherwise hinted at, even if you properly attribute them, the quotes are not so well known that they have become iconic/popular culture, and they are not public domain (use copyright law for that and not the idiotic excuse I've caught some kids at that finding it on the web makes it public domain, please), you can still be sued. I don't have the case in front of me, but there is a current case where an author wrote a book teaching people to work in stand-up comedy, including quoted jokes from well-known stand-up comedians, properly attributed. She's still being sued, because those jokes are not her IP. They belong to the comedians and/or their writers and were used without permission in an endeavor that could make her money on their work. From the author seat...no, plagiarism is not and is not likely to be accepted anytime soon as acceptable practice. In general, when authors find another author plagiarizing, the responses range between: "What are you, stupid?" to "I hope you never sell another book, you fake." It incenses me that someone that claims herself an author thinks this is acceptable behavior. I may suggest this subject to Patric at Copyright Alliance for a blog post, if he hasn't already done one. Brenna Lyons author and president of EPIC (Electronically Published Internet Connection)