Quotes from your book in a presentation/talk

[petertflem]

Dear Steven and Mark,

I'm creating a presentation/talk where I wish to quote the "Dependency Injection Principles, Practices, and Patters" book. However, in the beginning of the book there's a paragraph stating:

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher.

Does this include quotes? I will cite the book whenever I quote from it. The book is a heavy inspiration for the presentation/talk I'm creating, so there will be lots of quotes from it. Most of the presentation/talk will revolve around the issues discussed in the book.
Also, I'm planning to present this at work, and who knows elsewhere in the future, maybe even developer conferences.

Is this OK? Are there any limitations if I e.g. get paid to do a talk/presentation?

Also, I think I have the 2nd edition, but it doesn't explicitly state that in the book. Is there a way for me to verify which edition i have?

[dotnetjunkie]

Hi Peter,

I forwarded your question to the legal department of Manning, our publisher. Hopefully they will respond soon.

[petertflem]

Thank you, Steven :)

[dotnetjunkie]

Also, I think I have the 2nd edition, but it doesn't explicitly state that in the book. Is there a way for me to verify which edition i have?

The book titled Dependency Injection Principles, Practices, and Patterns is the second edition of Dependency Injection in .NET.

[dotnetjunkie]

Peter,

This is the official response from Michael Stephens, Manning's Associate Publisher:

We encourage him to quote freely from the book provided he correctly attributes the work. Ideally, he’ll also offer a link to manning.com for people who want to purchase it.

I hope this answers your question.

[petertflem]

That is excellent news Steven! Thank you very much.

[dotnetjunkie]

Hi Peter,

Depending on your geographical location, different copyright rules might apply. Here are a couple links on (US) copyright law:

• https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html
• https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/

You might find them useful, but do note that these links can't be seen as an official endorsement from Manning, neither to how copyright is applied in other countries.

ps. I find the discussion interesting myself, because I use quotes from different books myself all the time in my own presentations.

[petertflem]

Hi Steven,

I live in Norway. I've sort of figured that if I mark it as a quote, and include a good reference to what I am quoting, it should be OK. After a quick Google search, I found this, which I've quickly translated from Norwegain (this is probably specific to Norway):

• The quote should have a child function,
• The quote shouldn't freeload off of the rights of the author in a way that harms their economical interest in the quoted work,
• The quote shouldn't be offensive (said another way; the quote should be loyal to the author), and
• The scope of the quote should be possible to defend based on the purposes of the quote

Source: https://www.forfatterforeningen.no/artikkel/sitatregelen, the section with the title "7 Konklusjon".