http://tvh.disqus.com/The Virtual Handshake: Sell, Raise Capital, Look for Deals with Social MediaenFri, 10 Jul 2009 22:06:14 -0000http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/10/26/using-copyrighted-material-in-blogs-and-forums#comment-12492125<p>Hello?!?!? If I”m having trouble viewing it, it probably means I”m seeing text-only, not HTML. You need to give me a URL, not a hyperlink, because, well… I”m having trouble viewing this!</p>Louis VuittonFri, 10 Jul 2009 22:06:14 -0000http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/10/26/using-copyrighted-material-in-blogs-and-forums#comment-8723895<p>That's true, Thomas, but the core concepts are covered by the <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html">Berne Convention</a> and are pretty universal. The differences are in some of the nitty-gritty details. All countries have some sort of concept of fair use, though some have them spelled out more explicitly than we do here in the U.S.</p><p>Bottom line, the advice to always use an excerpt and a link should be safe anywhere.</p>Scott AllenThu, 27 Oct 2005 02:18:48 -0000http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/10/26/using-copyrighted-material-in-blogs-and-forums#comment-8723894<p>But to complicate things even more there are different countries with different laws ...</p>ThomasWed, 26 Oct 2005 15:48:49 -0000