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Introduction: Dave Kane writes: I [Kane] am involved in a dispute relating to whether or not a blog can be considered part of one’s academic writing. Williams College restricts the use of undergraduate theses as follows: Non-commercial, academic use within the scope of “Fair Use” standards is acceptable. Otherwise, you may not copy or distribute any content without the permission of the copyright holder. Seems obvious enough. Yet some folks think that my use of thesis material in a blog post fails this test because it is not “academic.” See this post for the gory details. Parenthetically, your readers might be interested in the substantive discovery here, the details of the Williams admissions process (which is probably very similar to Columbia’s). Williams places students into academic rating (AR) categories as follows: verbal math composite SAT II ACT AP AR 1: 770-800 750-800 1520-1600 750-800 35-36 mostly 5s AR 2: 730-770 720-750 1450-1520 720-770 33-34 4s an
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1 Dave Kane writes: I [Kane] am involved in a dispute relating to whether or not a blog can be considered part of one’s academic writing. [sent-1, score-0.256]
2 Williams College restricts the use of undergraduate theses as follows: Non-commercial, academic use within the scope of “Fair Use” standards is acceptable. [sent-2, score-0.668]
3 Otherwise, you may not copy or distribute any content without the permission of the copyright holder. [sent-3, score-0.879]
4 Yet some folks think that my use of thesis material in a blog post fails this test because it is not “academic. [sent-5, score-0.658]
5 Anyway, the question is: Can blog postings fall under the category of academic writing even though they are not peer-reviewed or officially published? [sent-9, score-0.438]
6 I think that the answer is Yes and that, therefore, my use of the undergraduate thesis does not fun afoul of Williams policy. [sent-10, score-0.667]
7 My reply: I don’t know anything about Williams policy but I have little sympathy for someone trying to restrict the discussion of a thesis on a blog! [sent-12, score-0.371]
8 A thesis is public material and it would seem best for all concerned for any research to be accessible and discussed. [sent-13, score-0.434]
9 I mean, sure, it wouldn’t be right to scan and post entire chapters without permission, but it doesn’t sound like you’re planning on doing that. [sent-14, score-0.288]
10 The bit about “you may not copy or distribute any content without the permission . [sent-15, score-0.825]
11 Also, I’m not sure how relevant it is whether the blog is commercial or academic. [sent-19, score-0.232]
12 It’s non-commercial (we’ve in fact turned down requests to advertise) and it’s academic–actually hosted on a Columbia University computer. [sent-22, score-0.12]
13 But what if we were not academic (if, for example, I worked at a company and hosted it on a server at home) or commercial (as with the many blogs that run a few ads). [sent-23, score-0.488]
14 For example, what if Slate magazine or the New York Times wanted to report some content from this undergraduate thesis? [sent-25, score-0.32]
15 I followed the links and found this comment by “bfleming”: There is — on top of any explicit textual restrictions — an informal scholarly norm of asking for permission before using unpublished material. [sent-31, score-0.509]
16 There is a Harvard undergraduate thesis that covers a portion of what I am doing, and it certainly deserves at least a citation. [sent-33, score-0.638]
17 But the Harvard libraries explicitly state that it is not to be quoted or cited without the permission of the author. [sent-34, score-0.57]
18 That “Fair Use” might or might not protect me I would NEVER quote or cite the thesis without permission. [sent-35, score-0.656]
19 If someone emails me something, yes, I’ll ask for permission before blogging it. [sent-37, score-0.407]
20 Also–and I say this without any knowledge of the contents of the work in question–I’m guessing that “dcatsam” is mistaken if he or she does not want people to quote and cite the undergraduate thesis that is under discussion. [sent-39, score-0.927]
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