I'm confident that Amazon owns the copyright to all customer reviews on their site. It is probably buried in the customer service agreement somewhere that we all 'agree to' when we set up our account that if we write a review Amazon owns it. So, the rules are probably roughly similar to quoting from any other copyrighted material. Here is a link to the page with the critical information: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_rel_topic?ie=UTF8&nodeId=508088
Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -----Original Message----- From: Lilienfeld, Scott O [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sat 7/10/2010 12:20 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] reference question Hi Fellow TIPSters - Had a question for you that may have been answered in previous TIPS postings - if it has and I've forgotten, I apologize (but I'm only a few months away from turning 50, so I have a newfound excuse for my memory lapses...). I'm in the midst (well, sort of...haven't made much progress yet) of writing a popular article (not sure of the outlet yet - maybe something like Skeptical Inquirer or Skeptic) on how psychology is perceived/misperceived by the general public. For one section of the article, I am interested in quoting from a few Amazon.com book reviews for illustrative (not probative, of course) purposes. I don't intend to include the names of reviewers. Does anyone know if there are any restrictions on quoting from such reviews in either popular or academic articles? Once they're out on the Internet, are they fair game for quotation by others? Seems like an obvious question and it probably is, but I'm embarrassed to say that I don't know the answer. Any assistance or input from fellow TIPSters would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much in advance, all...Scott Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Professor Editor, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Department of Psychology, Room 473 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences (PAIS) Emory University 36 Eagle Row Atlanta, Georgia 30322 [email protected] (404) 727-1125 Psychology Today Blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-psychologist 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140513111X.html Scientific American Mind: Facts and Fictions in Mental Health Column: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciammind/ The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him - he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=3500 or send a blank email to leave-3500-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3502 or send a blank email to leave-3502-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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