? on lifting the Short Story/WttJ intro's into the WoJ section

[Serack]

I think of the term "'Dresden Files' WoJ" as meaning anything said by Jim that is external to the actual story narrative and that gives interesting info about the "Dresdenverse"

In the past few weeks, both the Side Jobs intro to Backup and the WttJ intro have been brought up in conversation on the boards in ways that exactly fit the above description of DF WoJ's

I am considering (at the recommendation of another forum member) lifting the significant parts of these intro's and placing them into their own topic in the WoJ section for reference purposes.  I am afraid this might dissrespect some copyright though, so I thought I'd ask for advice on the matter here.

An alternative would be to just place briefer quotes within the relevant subjects in the "Compilation"

[Shecky]

Given that so many people copy-paste (or just copy) entire paragraphs from the books already for minor discussions, I don't think this will be a problem.

[Starbeam]

It might, or might not, be something that violates Fair Use.  I think it partly depends on the amount of material copied, though I'm iffy on what exactly can and can't be used.

[Shecky]

On the author's own official forums devoted to the very books you're quoting, I somehow suspect that "misuse" doesn't enter into it.

[TheWinterEmissary]

I bet that if we try hard enough we can find a way to misuse them 

[Serack]

I bet that if we try hard enough we can find a way to misuse them 

/cringe

I've seen bad reactions to such statements before on here.

[Starbeam]

On the author's own official forums devoted to the very books you're quoting, I somehow suspect that "misuse" doesn't enter into it.

Shecky, you know people. It only takes one.

[Serack]

Shecky, you know people. It only takes one.

And I try to go through the effort to be considerate... when I think to, which isn't always the case.  But here, I think it ends up being the norm for me.  And I'm pretty sure the reason this ends up being the case is because the subject matter has set a pretty good standard for how to treat others.