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I've no doubt that Danny is concerned about the laws of copyright, even if others here would be happy to disregard them.
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Before anyone bleats on about copyright, they ought to establish the facts.
British copyright law has a set of exceptions to copyright known as fair dealing. Fair dealing is much more restricted than the American concept of fair use and only applies in tightly defined situations -
s29.—(1) Fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical work …
for the purposes of research for a non-commercial purpose does not infringe any copyright in the work
provided it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement …
s30.—(1) Fair dealing with a work
for the purpose of criticism or review, of that or another work or of a performance of a work does not infringe any copyright in the work
provided that it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement and provided that the work has been made available to the public.
Discussion on PPRuNe is non-commercial use, and can certainly be considered criticism or review (although perhaps not research, but I have left s29 in, as others might consider it applicable). Since the letter was published in a magazine, then it has been made available to the public. Simply acknowledging the author and the magazine is all that needs to be done.
When (if) I have the time and am near a newsagent that stocks Today's Pilot, I will buy the issue and scan the article for your benefit. Then perhaps we can have a discussion about lift theories (interesting) and not copyright (PITA).
FBW