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Michael Kay scripsit:
> I don't know much about US law, but in UK law, and to the best of my
> knowledge in international law, copyright is about the right to make
> copies. No permission is needed to reference something.
Luckily, copyright is a field where differences between nations are fairly
unimportant. The main differences are about length of copyright, the
fair use/fair dealing provisions, and moral rights for authors of
non-visual works.
You are of course right that no permission is needed to reference.
IANAL, TINLA.
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