Using Historical Facts Without Crossing the Line into Plagiarism
April 18, 2008 | Friday | 19 CommentsJennifer Blake, Roberta Gellis, and Bertrice Small led a session that, unlike many of the fan-friendly sessions, was silent, with notetaking, serious faces, and a great deal of attention. Their session, in a word, was outstanding. My notes are below, which don’t really follow a well-transitioned structure (or any structure for that matter) but let me tell you – these ladies rocked this session like damn and whoa. Roberta Gellis provided a point by point explanation of copyright law in the US. A few facts to chew over: Until 1978 individual states determined their own copyright law, and since then… read more »
