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nightcracker | 4 years ago

Copying the question text verbatim certainly is copyright infringement (and I would guess unlikely to be fair use, but I'm not a lawyer). If you give the problem in your own words, it won't be, just like your solution isn't.

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rectang|4 years ago

Giving the problem "in your own words" raises the question of whether or not your restatement constitutes a derivative work.

From the 1976 Copyright Act section 101:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/101

> A "derivative work" is a work based upon one or more preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a "derivative work".

TheJoeMan|4 years ago

Chegg seems to have sorted this out with textbook questions?

captn3m0|4 years ago

They license it I think.

moeris|4 years ago

That's not how copyright works. Simply rewording each question will still violate copyright when you're copying all of the questions. I couldn't just reword Harry Potter and republish all of the novels. Likewise, copying some small portion may fall under fair use.

Cederfjard|4 years ago

On the contrary, I’m fairly sure you could do that with the Harry Potter books. What jurisdiction are you in?

checkyoursudo|4 years ago

That is how copyright works. I believe you are thinking of plagiarism, which isn't the same thing.