Young Composers:Copyrights

Using Copyrighted Material

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Note that copyright law governs the creative expression of ideas, not the ideas or information themselves. Therefore, it is legal to read an encyclopedia article or other work, reformulate the concepts in your own words, and submit it to our site. However, it would still be unethical (but not illegal) to do so without citing the original as a reference. See plagiarism and fair use for discussions of how much reformulation is necessary in a general context.

Linking Directly to Copyrighted Material

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Reusing Young Composers Material

Unless otherwise stated, all article content falls under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you use material from Young Composers elsewhere, don't forget to cite it. Articles may also include quotations, images, or other media under the U.S. Copyright law "fair use" doctrine.