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Title: ? on lifting the Short Story/WttJ intro's into the WoJ section
Post by: Serack on July 18, 2011, 12:02:11 PM: I think of the term "'Dresden Files' WoJ" as meaning anything said by Jim that is external to the actual story narrative and that gives interesting info about the "Dresdenverse"

In the past few weeks, both the Side Jobs intro to Backup and the WttJ intro have been brought up in conversation on the boards in ways that exactly fit the above description of DF WoJ's

I am considering (at the recommendation of another forum member) lifting the significant parts of these intro's and placing them into their own topic in the WoJ section for reference purposes. I am afraid this might dissrespect some copyright though, so I thought I'd ask for advice on the matter here.

An alternative would be to just place briefer quotes within the relevant subjects in the "Compilation"
Title: Re: ? on lifting the Short Story/WttJ intro's into the WoJ section
Post by: Shecky on July 18, 2011, 01:20:27 PM: Given that so many people copy-paste (or just copy) entire paragraphs from the books already for minor discussions, I don't think this will be a problem.
Title: Re: ? on lifting the Short Story/WttJ intro's into the WoJ section
Post by: Starbeam on July 19, 2011, 02:50:12 AM: It might, or might not, be something that violates Fair Use. I think it partly depends on the amount of material copied, though I'm iffy on what exactly can and can't be used.
Title: Re: ? on lifting the Short Story/WttJ intro's into the WoJ section
Post by: Shecky on July 19, 2011, 10:19:36 AM: On the author's own official forums devoted to the very books you're quoting, I somehow suspect that "misuse" doesn't enter into it. ;)
Title: Re: ? on lifting the Short Story/WttJ intro's into the WoJ section
Post by: TheWinterEmissary on July 19, 2011, 10:59:10 AM: I bet that if we try hard enough we can find a way to misuse them ;)
Title: Re: ? on lifting the Short Story/WttJ intro's into the WoJ section
Post by: Serack on July 19, 2011, 12:30:36 PM: Quote from: TheWinterEmissary on July 19, 2011, 10:59:10 AM
I bet that if we try hard enough we can find a way to misuse them ;)

/cringe

I've seen bad reactions to such statements before on here.
Title: Re: ? on lifting the Short Story/WttJ intro's into the WoJ section
Post by: Starbeam on July 19, 2011, 12:56:22 PM: Quote from: Shecky on July 19, 2011, 10:19:36 AM
On the author's own official forums devoted to the very books you're quoting, I somehow suspect that "misuse" doesn't enter into it. ;)
Shecky, you know people. It only takes one.
Title: Re: ? on lifting the Short Story/WttJ intro's into the WoJ section
Post by: Serack on July 19, 2011, 01:10:45 PM: Quote from: Starbeam on July 19, 2011, 12:56:22 PM
Shecky, you know people. It only takes one.

And I try to go through the effort to be considerate... when I think to, which isn't always the case. But here, I think it ends up being the norm for me. And I'm pretty sure the reason this ends up being the case is because the subject matter has set a pretty good standard for how to treat others.