[78-L] Are we allowed to quote people in a book or article when they submit something to the group?

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 11/22/2012 6:49 AM, ERIC BYRON wrote:
> Hi,
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> If somebody(ies) e-mails the discussion group with information that we would like to include in a book or article, is it permissible to quote them using their name?  The reason I ask is that I have contacted a number of people whether I could include their statements in a book I hope to eventually finish.  Only one person has not gotten back to me. I can certainly work around his statement, but the piece would sound better if I could include him.
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Possibly, but when does it lose weight as simply narrative information? 
I think without a name it becomes more shaky. It might be an item of 
interest, but it loses credibility.

My opinion...

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