Article Marketing and Copyright Infringement

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Hello again everyone, I have a question about my affiliate marketing business plan.

I basically studied alot on a particular subject/industry back when I wanted to be an active professional in this industry. After realising that this industry is not well catered for on the internet, I have now decided to make it my market niche for my affiliate marketing career.

I made synthetic summaries of ideas and concepts that are fused together by my own ideas + professional interviews in magazines + academic books + educational videos.

My question is, if I post any of these articles, am I infringing copyright?
If so, by adding a credit to the magazines and videos, will it taint my affiliate marketing reputation if I am unable/decide not to become an affiliate to these sources?
If I decide to become an affiliate for these sources, will I still be infringing copyright?

What are my risks?
What are my options?

- Thank you
#article #copyright #infringement #marketing
  • Profile picture of the author Will Edwards
    With the usual caveat (ianal), bear these things in mind in constructing your product:

    1. You cannot copyright an idea
    2. You should always reference sources (imho)
    3. Don't plaigairise

    Good luck,

    Will
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    You cannot copy the interviews from magazines and videos. Just summaries of other people's work is most likely plagiarism.

    To be unique, you need to just write what you have learned in your own words, adding your own ideas.
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  • Profile picture of the author sleblanc
    I'm curious about this as well. If you paraphrase ideas, etc. from "professional interviews in magazines + academic books + educational videos" and give proper credit, is it still considered infringing copyright? In regards to laws for copyrighted material, can you quote and paraphrase from other copyrighted sources as long as you provide proper credit for the information and ideas you use in an article marketing/internet marketing sense?
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    • Profile picture of the author heevyhivy
      Originally Posted by sleblanc View Post

      I'm curious about this as well. If you paraphrase ideas, etc. from "professional interviews in magazines + academic books + educational videos" and give proper credit, is it still considered infringing copyright? In regards to laws for copyrighted material, can you quote and paraphrase from other copyrighted sources as long as you provide proper credit for the information and ideas you use in an article marketing/internet marketing sense?
      This is what I'm getting at. I don't mean direct quotes, I mean synthetic articles in summary form e.g. I mention a concept, expand on it and create a proactive list of for the user to complete. Because my field will have too many references for all my articles, will I be able to get away with just listing them all on one page? Saying 'all my articles are based on research and opinions found in Magazine A, Video B, Audio Interview C, University Degree, etc' ?
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    • Profile picture of the author warriorkay
      Originally Posted by heevyhivy View Post

      Hello again everyone, I have a question about my affiliate marketing business plan.

      I basically studied alot on a particular subject/industry back when I wanted to be an active professional in this industry. After realising that this industry is not well catered for on the internet, I have now decided to make it my market niche for my affiliate marketing career.

      I made synthetic summaries of ideas and concepts that are fused together by my own ideas + professional interviews in magazines + academic books + educational videos.

      My question is, if I post any of these articles, am I infringing copyright?
      If so, by adding a credit to the magazines and videos, will it taint my affiliate marketing reputation if I am unable/decide not to become an affiliate to these sources?
      If I decide to become an affiliate for these sources, will I still be infringing copyright?

      What are my risks?
      What are my options?

      - Thank you

      Originally Posted by sleblanc View Post

      I'm curious about this as well. If you paraphrase ideas, etc. from "professional interviews in magazines + academic books + educational videos" and give proper credit, is it still considered infringing copyright? In regards to laws for copyrighted material, can you quote and paraphrase from other copyrighted sources as long as you provide proper credit for the information and ideas you use in an article marketing/internet marketing sense?

      I studied Communication in the University and my lecturers always
      had trouble with us for writing without referencing (quoting) others,
      especially others who know MORE than us, in the particular subject matter.
      One of them always used to ask us "Who are you and what do you know,
      to write a piece without referencing real experts who know more than
      you? "

      In mostly professional articles, referencing others is also very important.
      It's not copyright infringement or plagiarism when you write an article
      and include important quotes or examples from other experts. It's not
      even necessary to ask for permissions, unless you want to include a
      large chunk of material from the original source(s). Instead, what is
      copyright infringement or plagiarism is when you quote or give examples
      without acknowledging that the quotes or examples are NOT yours.

      For example... if you are writing about article spinning and you want
      to include important quotes or examples from experts on the subject,
      your article can go along these lines...

      -------------------------------------------------------
      Article spinning now seems to be the solution to Google's dreaded
      duplicate content filter, especially when it's done right. The concept
      of "right" article spinning was created by Kingsley in his wildly popular
      "Article Spinning Secrets" course. In his own words,
      "Doing article
      spinning the "right" way produces high quality articles that not only
      appeal to the search engines because of their uniqueness but also to
      humans, because of their high quality and readability
      ".

      One of the examples of "right" article spinning that he included in his
      course is what he calls "Creating Stand-alone Paragraphs". I have never
      heard of this concept of article spinning. When I tried it out I was
      amazed to discover that the spun articles were indeed high quality and
      very unique. It's not really difficult to produce such spun articles.
      It's as simple as ....
      (and so on and so forth - in your own words)
      -------------------------------------------------------

      As you can see, from this example, you are using quotes and examples
      that are NOT originally yours, but because you referenced the original
      sources, you are not infringing nor plagiarizing.

      And about the AFFILIATE marketing aspect, with this particular example
      I gave above, you can decide to link to the expert's material using your
      affiliate links, no problem.

      Hope this helps,


      Kingsley

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  • Profile picture of the author Exel
    You can certainly use any sources of information for research and inspiration.

    Not everything must be a completely new concept, but you have to add your own
    contribution, to give it a personal mark. That is called 'author's originality' and is
    different from 'work's originality' that defines some author's work as coming from a
    completely unique inspiration and idea.

    Regarding your question about quoting, you can use quotes on short parts of the
    copyrighted source, but you can and should make it verbatim, not paraphrased, and
    must add a source reference in the footnote.
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    • Profile picture of the author heevyhivy
      No, what I'm actually saying is that I don't want to quote, because its irrelevant to the summary.
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Originally Posted by heevyhivy View Post

        No, what I'm actually saying is that I don't want to quote, because its irrelevant to the summary.
        It doesn't have to be a direct quote. There's a concept called "creating derivative works" where a 'synthesized' article too close to the original can be considered copyright infringement. Unfortunately, "too close" is often determined by a judge.

        Why not just contact your sources and ask permission? As long as you aren't stealing material and you give proper credit, many reference sources are happy to cooperate.
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        • Profile picture of the author sleblanc
          Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

          Why not just contact your sources and ask permission? As long as you aren't stealing material and you give proper credit, many reference sources are happy to cooperate.
          Great advice, thanks John!
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Most of us read the topic for comprehension and put the story in our own words.

    When you start copying words, then you have to give attribution and get permissions to republish.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greenjackdavey
    Sorry, you need permission.
    For copyright law, the question is whether you have permission. If you don't have permission, you're infringing.

    Use someone else's work only if:

    a. You have permission;
    b. The work is in the public domain; or
    c. What you do with the work amounts to "fair use."

    If you have any doubts, consult a copyright or intellectual property attorney before using someone else's work. (Advice costs less than defending an infringement claim does.)
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  • Profile picture of the author heevyhivy
    1. I have contacted the sources, but after 3 months of waiting, it seems like a dead end.

    2. I don't plan on using any of the content I learned from these sources in their original form. Everything is re-written in my own words and combines several formats so none of it has been seen in my format or in my words before.

    3. As far as examples go, I will only be using my own. None of that work is going to be paraphrased/borrowed.

    4. Guys, I never asked about quoting, if I want to quote I'll quote as you suggested, but please I'm not asking that question, please don't get bogged down on that.

    5. If I create a page titled 'inspiration', and list all my sources am I doing thinigs legally? Am I good to go?
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