What i need to publish articles at my site?

[ecchi]

RE: "I think copyright laws allow you to claim copyright for the translation but not the original article" - If you translate an article it is still copyright the original author, so you MUST get their permission to publish it. However once you have done this, then they need your permission to use the translated version (unless they got you to give up that right as part of the condition of being allowed to publish, which most authors will do).

[Useless]

Also, keep in mind that both the publisher and the author have differing rights. You may find that many times the author him/herself cannot give you permission to reprint a written work because they have given the publisher exclusive publishing rights.

[Mishi]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Also, keep in mind that both the publisher and the author have differing rights. You may find that many times the author him/herself cannot give you permission to reprint a written work because they have given the publisher exclusive publishing rights.

This is true.

If you're wanting to republish articles from relatively "major" sources, you'll want to contact the "permissions department." (It's really called that! Isn't that straightforward and cool?) 'Kay, I just wanted to show off a smidge of my former knowlege, before I lose it all.

[Kath]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Also, keep in mind that both the publisher and the author have differing rights. You may find that many times the author him/herself cannot give you permission to reprint a written work because they have given the publisher exclusive publishing rights.

This is very true... I know that most of the resource sites experienced a copyright theft a few years back. Some yahoo went around and stole articles from just about everyone, re-published them on his site and didn't even site the author or the site where it was originally published. BAD FORM. He's still out there trying to build his own resource site - and we're WATCHING to make sure he only posts his own articles.

Another common misunderstanding is that just because you see an article posted on two or more sites that it's FREE for use. A lot of times, if the author has full rights over an article, he/she will submit it to several sites for publishing. AND - sometimes a publishing company who has rights over an article will syndicate it out to specific partner sites and/or mirror sites within their own company.

The REAL advice? NEVER assume... always ask permission and if you can, get it in writing.