Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Michigan

Is it legal to do a public talk using the ideas you read in a book but did not write?


Asked on 1/18/13, 7:27 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
William Stern William Stern, P.C.

We have all learned everything we know from other sources. If you say that the United States is a republic because you read that in a history book, you do not have to cite the history book everytime you say that the US is a republic. It is improper to take credit for independent research that someone else performed, that would be improper.

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Answered on 1/18/13, 8:12 am


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