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In article <6vducu$t4k$1@spitting-spider.aracnet.com>,
	Clancy Dalebout <fleegix@shell2.aracnet.com> writes:
> [snippage]
> 
>> You are NOT entitles to make changes to the content of a book (ie. the
>> copyright material). Writing to the margins does not constitute such a
>> change. SImilarly you are free to write whatever you wish to the MEDIA
>> upon which software is distributed but not to the software unless
>> speciically permitted by the license
> 
> Am I allowed to quote from the book in my own book, provided I place it
> in quotes and credit the author?

Generally no. Quotes without need for permission is generally given for
book reviewrs under the "free use provision" (I think).

> Am I allowed to memorise passages of the book and quote it in everyday
> conversation?

Generally yes.

If you consider a copyright as a legal means to allow the author to sell
his/her work, then you will most likely answer your own questions about
what you can/can not do with a copyrighted work (the copyright itself
will tell you).

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