Question(s) from a newbie

Hi everyone,

I am certainly glad that I stumbled upon this interesting group. As a preface, I will say that I do a lot of writing for my local paper here in Illinois, USA, and on the web for various purposes.

My question now is this: can I use any reviews posted here or at Helium with the permission of the author? I am looking to open a blog with movie reviews and quite possibly other types of reviews. Certainly what I read here appeals to me.

So, give me the thumbs up or down, please, and/or any alternatives that may exist (do you work for hire?).


greg

Hi Greg and you are very welcome amongst our number. If you write reviews on movies, you can use the same reviews on Helium and Dooyoo.co.uk and on Epinions

The purpose of this site is so people can get together in neutral territory and discuss writing, pass on news from the sites, join in competitions, and generally hang out together.

greff wrote:

Hi everyone,

I am certainly glad that I stumbled upon this interesting group. As a preface, I will say that I do a lot of writing for my local paper here in Illinois, USA, and on the web for various purposes.

My question now is this: can I use any reviews posted here or at Helium with the permission of the author? I am looking to open a blog with movie reviews and quite possibly other types of reviews. Certainly what I read here appeals to me.

So, give me the thumbs up or down, please, and/or any alternatives that may exist (do you work for hire?).

Welcome...but we dont post reviews here...


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You want to use reviews written by other people? I think you'd better be sure to ask permission of the authors. I'm not sure where you'd stand on copywright.

greff wrote:

(do you work for hire?).


greg

you can pay me to write reviews for you if you like!

koshkha wrote:

You want to use reviews written by other people? I think you'd better be sure to ask permission of the authors. I'm not sure where you'd stand on copywright.

What K says is true if you're considering posting them in full on your own site. If you're linking to them and stating slearly they're not your own work, then I'm not sure there's an issue.

People usually post their work on at least two sites, so if you're going to link to them you might ask which one they'd prefer you linked.

I think you would certainly need to ask everyone who's reviews you want to actully use on your site/blog otherwise you could get a lot of hassle. Of course if you want to pay me for using my reviews then I could easily be persuaded to let you

Ailran wrote:

I think you would certainly need to ask everyone who's reviews you want to actully use on your site/blog otherwise you could get a lot of hassle. Of course if you want to pay me for using my reviews then I could easily be persuaded to let you

I think there'll be lots of folks agreeing with you on this!!

Paul99ine wrote:

Ailran wrote:

I think you would certainly need to ask everyone who's reviews you want to actully use on your site/blog otherwise you could get a lot of hassle. Of course if you want to pay me for using my reviews then I could easily be persuaded to let you

I think there'll be lots of folks agreeing with you on this!!

Same here! I would want to take a look at where it was being posted before i agreed too.

How intriguing. I think you'll find that people here and on the numerous review sites are a very varied bunch, writing for different reasons and often within their own niches. Best thing you could do is join the three main sites, Dooyoo, Ciao, Helium, and have a good read and look at people's back catalogues. Then contact the people you're interested in.

I think everybody would like to be hired, so it's a question of making the use or commission of people's work worth their time, which will again vary from person to person. Send in the negotiators...

Will work for beer.