[wycx]

> Of course, in academia paraphrasing is still plagiarism, but it is likely no longer copyright infringement especially in this case.

That seems an odd thing to say. A significant portion of academic writing is paraphrasing, with attribution. What is a review article, other than attributed paraphrasing?

[jolux]

With attribution, definitely ok, but some think paraphrasing is enough to make it wholly new. Hell, you can quote verbatim if you attribute.