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I want to use someone elses teachings to back up what I am saying in my book. How can I legally do this?
Kylee Legge - Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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I want to use someone elses teachings to back up what I am saying in my book. How can I legally do this?

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This is a good question. By law you only need to change something by 10% in order for it to be your original intellectual property.

As such I would suggest you do the following:

  1. Change the quantity of what you are referencing by adding to or subtracting from it eg. the '7 steps to ...' might become '5 secrets you ...'
  2. Change the wording so they mean the same thing but use next to none of the same words eg. 'the quick, black dingo was a cunning beast' could become 'the beast in canine shape, dark and speedy was cheeky indeed".
  3. Change question/bullet points to sentences and vice versa eg."Why do you think this is the case?" could become "People often wonder why this is the case."

The other half of that same law states so long as it can't be recognisable as the original and the above should ensure you adhere to that as well.

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