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Google Books Poses New Search Opportunity

Small Business Mavericks

Google has just won a landmark legal battle involving its fair use/copyright dispute with The Authors Guild. A judge agreed with their argument that scanning pages of published books constitutes fair use. That could lead to additional books sold for authors. Sound like a trick? Don’t bet on it.

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Live Tweeting Requires Ethical and Legal Considerations

Socialized

But have you ever wondered whether it’s “OK” to copy and publish someone else’s words and ideas? Speakers may also have copyrighted their presentations, or may (in my case) quote substantial portions of a copyrighted book or other work. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.

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Is Amazon reading this blog?

The Way of the Web

You’ll be able to read the first chapter of books for free, and share via Facebook, Twitter and email. Plus there will be referral fees in the usual Amazon way if people buy books after seeing a preview on your site. Now which tech books have the longest first chapter?

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Information Literacy and Big6

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The World is Flat - Book Summary. Making Powerpoint Note Cards - Example (from Information Literacy Instruction and Fair Use). Intro to Publisher (Print documents and web pages). Text Work - Note-taking with a graphic organizer - Chapter 2. Blog : "If all our children learn to do is read, they will not be literate."

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PB173: How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically

ProBlogger

My name is Darren Rowse, and I’m the blogger behind ProBlogger.com – a blog, podcast, event, job board, series of eBooks, and a real book, too – all designed to help you as a blogger to grow your blog to create amazing content, to build community and engagement with your readers, and hopefully to make some money from your blog as well.

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PB173: How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically

ProBlogger

My name is Darren Rowse, and I’m the blogger behind ProBlogger.com – a blog, podcast, event, job board, series of eBooks, and a real book, too – all designed to help you as a blogger to grow your blog to create amazing content, to build community and engagement with your readers, and hopefully to make some money from your blog as well.

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The Why, How and When of Using Quotations on Your Blog

ProBlogger

Even small blogs can pass useful link juice by linking to the post or book they’re quoting, and while huge bloggers may not always notice or acknowledge that they’ve been quoted, the “little guys” of the blogosphere may respond incredibly enthusiastically. Many countries have a “ fair use ” policy covering these.

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