How to credit

[goodstudent]

If I want to write something that was on another article and credit it, is it right to do e.g.:

Oranges are good for humans. Oranges contain vitamin C and many minerals. credit: orangeisgoodforyou.com

 

[Matthew Wai]

I usually write "quoted from".

Not a teacher.

 

[BobK]

... and, because sites tend to come and go, it's sensible to give the date when you last visited it.

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[Raymott]

And surely you're going to put quotation marks around the material you've quoted?

 

[Matthew Wai]

May I put a dash sign after the quotation mark? I sometimes do so.

 

[Raymott]

May I put a dash sign after the quotation mark? I sometimes do so.

You can, but it's best to follow a style guide for the type of article you're writing.

 

[goodstudent]

If it is a screenshot of some parts of the webpage of orangeisgoodforyou.com, after putting the screenshot in my website, can I credit by putting the following words under the screenshot

credit: orangeisgoodforyou.com

 

[Rover_KE]

You don't need to write 'credit'. Just put the name of the website in brackets.

 

[Matthew Wai]

it is a screenshot of some parts of the webpage of orangeisgoodforyou.com

Is it correct to write "the above screenshot was taken from orangeisgoodforyou.com"?

 

[goodstudent]

You don't need to write 'credit'. Just put the name of the website in brackets.

Do you mean below the screenshot, just put

(orangeisgoodforyou.com)

 

[Rover_KE]

Is it correct to write "the above screenshot was taken from orangeisgoodforyou.com"?

You don't need to write 'the above screenshot was taken from'. Just put the name of the website in brackets.

 

[Rover_KE]

Do you mean below the screenshot, just put

(orangeisgoodforyou.com)

Yes.

 

[Barb_D]

If you are posting a screen shot, you may be in some dangerous territory regarding copyright infringement. Simply giving attribution is not the same as reposting with persmission. I strongly suggest you do NOT post a screen shot or any images from another site without contacting that site for for specific permission. If you have doubts about this, contact a lawyer who specializes in copyright law. The fact that you see thousands of images with simply a "credit: XYZ" line on the Internet does not mean this is the legal way to do it - what you are really seeing are thousands of potential law suits.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Barb, while agree with you in general, in specific, one screen shot used for a non-commercial purpose is likely to be considered "fair use" under the "fair use doctrine".

 

[Barb_D]

Yes, there are certainly exceptions that allow for fair use. However, I have seen nothing from "good student" that suggest that the things he is working on are non-commercial. To the contrary, they have all been about shipping, selling, pricing, etc.

 

[Tdol]

If it is a screenshot of some parts of the webpage of orangeisgoodforyou.com, after putting the screenshot in my website, can I credit by putting the following words under the screenshot

credit: orangeisgoodforyou.com

There are cases of people disagreeing with this and getting lawyers to chase sites for such things, but it may also be fair use. It really depends on what you're planning to do with the screenshot. The site you linked to in your deleted post seems an example of fair use to me, but that blog is not trying to sell the products but discuss the quality and nature of the reviews of a book. I read a Wikipedia page that said that photographing a product may breach the product owner's rights as it's their intellectual property (the page had a photo of a commercial product), so this may apply to screenshots.

 

[emsr2d2]

For some reason, I'm craving a glass of orange juice! A case of (not so) subliminal advertising?

 

[Barb_D]

We are not intellectual property lawyers. None of us can give you legal advice. If you are in doubt, ask a lawyer or just don't do it.

 

[Raymott]

I more often see: "Source: " rather than "credit: "