quoting & copyright

"Grammars may be considered the absolute fringe of literature.
Nevertheless, they go straight to the core of language -- the medium
in which literature is presented -- and reveal a great deal about what
those who wrote them thought about their own language, about language
in general, and about their literature." -- E.G. Kahrs, Exploring the
Saddaniiti, JPTS XVII 1992, p. 1

Dear group,

On April 4, I received the following response from Dr. Rupert Gethin,
Hon. Secretary of the Pali Text Society, regarding my query about
quoting long passages from PTS publications and copyright. I thought
it may be of some interest to you. The article he refers to is the one
by K.R. Norman in JPTS XII.

"In my view quoting from the article in the context of an on-line
discussion forum -- even to the
extent of quoting the whole chunk on apilapati -- does not infringe
PTS copyright and does not require formal permission. The section on
apilapati is only about 15% of the whole; the quotation is for
legitimate scholarly discussion. If the whole article was in effect
published on a website, then that would require formal permission.
Hope this helps." -- Rupert Gethin

Best wishes,

Jim