{"id":356,"date":"2017-06-06T01:41:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T01:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mckpublish.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2020-01-26T01:43:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T01:43:21","slug":"to-quote-or-not-to-quote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/06\/to-quote-or-not-to-quote\/","title":{"rendered":"To Quote or not to Quote"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Many authors are inspired by other writer.\u00a0 So much so, that they often want to includes quotes from their favorite author in their own work.\u00a0 After all, isn’t the end goal of all writer to be quoted as having written something memorable??<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, actually it may not be so simple.\u00a0 And it is NOT AT ALL like citing a source when you were writing high school or college research papers.\u00a0 (In school you needed to cite your source for all direct quotes, and even for where you got the idea you were writing about. You didn’t need permission to use a source, you just needed to give them credit. It is not quite the same for publishing.)<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The copyright law in the United States treats quotes as a “work of art.”\u00a0 Basically, no one can copyright a word anymore than someone could copyright a color.\u00a0 However, put a few words together and you get a picture, just like a painter would create.\u00a0 It is the image created by the words, or specifically THE WORD ORDER this is copyrighted.\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Let’s say you, the author, are wanting to quote Skillman Jones, the famous explorer and writer, when he said, “Life is like a bowl of cherries, except when it isn’t like it at all. Then it’s like a bear trap.”\u00a0 You have basically two options:<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.\u00a0 If you use the quote exactly as Skillman Jones said it, then you need to get permission to use his words – unless it falls under ‘fair-use.’ (More on that later). Use an exact quote or phrasing = get permission.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.\u00a0 If you paraphrase his quote or idea, then you don’t need his permission at all.\u00a0 You are allowed to use the same words (same colors) as the other writer (artist), as long as it isn’t exactly the same.\u00a0 In fact, unlike a college paper, you don’t even need to report where you got the quote or who originally said it!\u00a0 You could even say,<\/p>

“A famous explorer once compared life to a bowl of cherries. However, when it isn’t, then life is like a bear trap.”\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No need to cite where you got it or give credit to Skillman Jones.\u00a0 (You could let him know you want to quote him anyway, but it would be up to you.) Paraphrase (or use someone’s idea but not their exact words) = you DON’T need to ask permission or even cite where you got it from.\u00a0 Ideas cannot be copyrighted.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Aren’t all writers eager for others to quote them?? Not at all. Most successful writers don’t honestly care it you quote them or not, they are simply ‘”indifferent” and may not take the time to reply one way or another to a request to use their quote.\u00a0 Some are very particular (and sensitive) about other “misquoting” them.\u00a0 These “sensitive” ones will often require anyone wishing to quote from them to demonstrate the context of the quote in detail.\u00a0 Other writers are trying to make a living from their words.\u00a0 To that end, they feel they should be compensated if anyone uses their phrases.\u00a0 These “pricey” authors will grant permission – for a fee. \u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Between the Sensitive authors, the Pricey authors, and the Indifferent authors, it may discourage new authors from trying to quote anyone else.\u00a0 However, there is another way to use quotes.\u00a0 It is called “Fair Use.”\u00a0 We’ll cover that on another blog post soon…..<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Many authors are inspired by other writer.\u00a0 So much so, that they often want to includes quotes from their favorite author in their own work.\u00a0 After all, isn’t the end goal of all writer to be quoted as having written something memorable?? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, actually it may not be so simple.\u00a0 And it is… Read More »To Quote or not to Quote<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckpublish.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}