{"id":390,"date":"2019-03-01T13:21:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/?p=390"},"modified":"2019-07-15T12:37:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T17:37:51","slug":"intellectual-property-public-domain-and-what-are-even-citations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/blog\/2019\/03\/01\/intellectual-property-public-domain-and-what-are-even-citations\/","title":{"rendered":"Intellectual Property, Public Domain, and What Are Even Citations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Found in the Internet Wilderness (<\/em>aka Reddit<\/a>), shared on social media, and the inspiration for this post.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hat tip to Mistress Sunneva de Cleia for sharing the horrendous screencap above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: I wrote this very quickly as a response to the image at the very beginning. If I got something wrong, or if you think something could be cleared up, please leave a comment and let me know. We’re all here to help and learn from one another.<\/em>

Hey. Internet-person.

We need to talk.
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We need to talk about what “intellectual property” and “public domain” and “citations” actually mean. Because I think if you knew what they meant, you wouldn’t say things like in the comment at the beginning of this post, and because you’d understand that pointing to the people who said something before you said it actually strengthens what you’re trying to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>

Intellectual Property<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I won’t pull out any fancy legaleze here, so don’t worry. It’s a pretty broad term, but Intellectual property is basically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Anything intangible (that means you can’t touch it) you create using your brain-meat and creativity;<\/li>
  • that is new and didn’t exist before you thought of it (derivative works, meaning works that build off other works are okay); and,<\/li>
  • that you could apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, or some other legal protection for – meaning that it has to be something that can be turned into something that someone else can interact with – an image, sound, words, invention, etc.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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