rejected
Jul 4 2005, 07:49 PM
I went and did a little research on copyright protection for you guys.. Copyright protection is a tangible material that is protected by a copyright. Anything can be copyrighted that you can view, hear, if it can be saved on your computer, or anything else that is a way of saving. Copyright Protection begins when something is created in tangible form. Once you have your material written down or saved somewhere, it is copyrighted, but you can't sue them unless you register your copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office. Even if your copyright isn't registered, you can still assert a copyright claim as the author. When you see a "© Copyright 2004, 2005 Chris Wilson", it doesn't mean that the copyright expires in 2005. What it means it that the material was created in 2004 and then edited in 2005. A copyright lasts until 50 years after the death of the original author. Taking anyone's work from the internet is illegal! If you see a background that you like, or part of someone's source that you'd like to use, that's illegal! That material is copyrighted. There are three things that aren't illegal when taking things: if it has been created by the federal government, if the copyright has been abondoned by the holder, and if the copyright has expired. If you have downloaded a free item from a website, you still have to comply with the owner's terms and or conditions. If it says that you must give them credit, you must give them credit, or else you're commiting copyright infringment. If the owner says you cannot edit it, you can't edit it legally. You cannot take someone's work and translate it into a different language and then call it your own either.The Bern Convention says: QUOTE Authors of literary and artistic works protected by this Convention shall enjoy the exclusive right of making and of authorizing the translation of their works throughout the term of protection of their rights in the original works. You have to have the author's permission to translate it into a different language. I'd like to thank www.whatiscopyright.org for educating myself and others on the copyrighting experience. If I hadn't given credit to that website, I would be commiting plagarism from taking their ideas and paraphrasing them.
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Kubi
Jul 4 2005, 08:02 PM
Hmm, thats really interesting. When I play Sc I see © Blizzard Entertaintment 1994-1998" and I'm like....WOW! SC isn't copyrighted anymore? Lets steal it! Thanks for clearing that up for me/us  . Oh, and, it's still valid till after 50 year old the authors death. So, if I copyright my site, die, and 50 years later someone can steal whatever they want off of it without it being illegal, as long as someone else doesn't claim responsibility? Wow, that's interesting.
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truefusion
Jul 4 2005, 08:48 PM
QUOTE(rejected @ Jul 4 2005, 03:49 PM) When you see a "© Copyright 2004, 2005 Chris Wilson", it doesn't mean that the copyright expires in 2005. What it means it that the material was created in 2004 and then edited in 2005. A copyright lasts until 50 years after the death of the original author.
Ah, i've always wondered about that. Thanks for making that clear for me.
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OpaQue
Jul 4 2005, 09:14 PM
Thanks for clearing those doubts and sharing this information with us
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wariorpk
Jul 4 2005, 09:48 PM
I have always wondered what all that copyright stuff ment. I only knew it ment DON'T copy it other than that I didn't know anything about it.
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fffanatics
Jul 4 2005, 11:01 PM
The only thing important that rejected did not mention on his topic on copywrites is that titles of websites are not able to be copywrited. Therefore, if you created a site in 1999 with the name "Something", anyone else no matter when can create a site names "Something" even if you added the copywrite symbol or stated that it was copywrited. Also, you do not formally need to apply for copywrite in order for the material to be copywrited. All you have to do is say that it is copywrited.
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rejected
Jul 4 2005, 11:18 PM
QUOTE(fffanatics @ Jul 4 2005, 05:01 PM) The only thing important that rejected did not mention on his topic on copywrites is that titles of websites are not able to be copywrited. Therefore, if you created a site in 1999 with the name "Something", anyone else no matter when can create a site names "Something" even if you added the copywrite symbol or stated that it was copywrited. Thanks for adding that, I'm sure it will prove useful QUOTE(fffanatics @ Jul 4 2005, 05:01 PM) Also, you do not formally need to apply for copywrite in order for the material to be copywrited. All you have to do is say that it is copywrited. I already said that.. QUOTE Once you have your material written down or saved somewhere, it is copyrighted and then I continued to say QUOTE but you can't sue them unless you register your copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office So there 
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FuChelle
Jul 5 2005, 01:13 AM
That's very interesting. I had been wondering about some of that for a while now, so it's good to have it all cleared up. Thank you.
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cse-icons
Jul 5 2005, 09:55 AM
thanks rejected & fffanatics, that was one good useful piece of info... I knew that we need not register but just say copyright and it would be ours.. but other details were nice. Cheers.
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s2city
Jul 7 2005, 05:18 AM
Hmm... this is very interesting. I knew a little about copyright law, but nothing this big. I always wondered what the year next to the copyright notice meant, I thought it was an expiration date. If you're looking for a free copyright site, you should check out: http://www.creativecommons.org
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anwiii
Dec 27 2007, 04:27 PM
it's not worth it to retaliate unless they harmed your business, reputation, or making money from breaking any copywrite laws that would relate to your situation. sometimes, it's just good to feel happy that someone used your stuff for personal use and it's floating around. if you do see copywrite infringement though. best thing to do is talk to the webmaster and show proof of copywrite so the webmaster can remove the material. to register a copywrite costs money. all it's really good for is to have a date to the true copywrite. it's hard to prove copywrite infringment sometimes because someone can steal your work, modify it, and claim that as theirs. my friend used to work in the entertainment industry as a writer. to get away from the cost of copywriting everything, what he used to do is make copies of all his work and mail it to himself. when he recieved it back through the u.s. mail, they stamp the date on the envelope so that is proof enough and will hold up in any court of law as long as you don't open it up. keep it SEALED. musicmaza- yes, you can take your work from any blog site and paste it elsewhere. i'm assuming you are still talking about how you want to transfer your blog info. you own your own work. you can do whatever you want with it. as far as the other sites allowing you to publish your work, they have their own publishing rights. you can ask them to remove your work from their site after you copy it(if that's your only copy) just so there isn't any duplicate copies out there but they can refuse but that shouldn't prohibit you in any way to do what you want with your own work. i'm only mentioning this because we already had a discussion about how you wanted to transfer your stuff over to possibly trap17 because they have the wordpress program in fantastico within the control panel and i just noticed your shout to haslip. QUOTE(Acid @ Dec 27 2007, 08:56 AM)  So when/if I post a copyright sign, and someone steals my content/material, how do I strike back on it? Kinda if my website is new, and not that many peoples know of it, someone steals it and puts it onto their website and that website gets worldwide and famous?
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Acid
Dec 27 2007, 02:56 PM
QUOTE(jlhaslip @ Dec 27 2007, 03:44 PM) As far as I know, it does not 'cost' anything to use the copyright symbol on a web page. So when/if I post a copyright sign, and someone steals my content/material, how do I strike back on it? Kinda if my website is new, and not that many peoples know of it, someone steals it and puts it onto their website and that website gets worldwide and famous?
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jlhaslip
Dec 27 2007, 02:44 PM
As far as I know, it does not 'cost' anything to use the copyright symbol on a web page. I would likely cost a fee to have a Government-approved copyright registered and issued to you. I would encourage you to also check out the 'copy-left' and/or Creative Commons Licencing. Musicmaza, You seem to be missing the point on the lack of 'copyright' from that site you refer to. Simply because they SAY there is no copyright and the information is freely available on the Web, you should actually track the original source of the material to confirm there is no original copyright holder, or that they have made the material available in the Public Domain. This is to protect yourself in case the original copyright holder, in fact, does want to apply a copyright. Even material which is 'free' should include a reference to the source you are copying from, in order that others can confirm the copyright status. I am not a Lawyer, so I base my reply on what little I know. You should cover your backside, is essentially what I suggest. You can never go wrong by being too careful. What happens if your site gains as much popularity as Google? and then the original copyright holder comes after you claiming a big chunk of change from you because the content on your site is copied from elsewhere? You can bet they will win if in fact you are violating the copyright laws. IMHO.
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Acid
Dec 27 2007, 01:55 PM
QUOTE(Liam_CF @ Dec 26 2007, 08:18 PM) Do you have to pay to copyright something? I ask the same question - Do you have to pay? Otherwise, if I make a copyright on my websites, without paying anything, it is copyrighted?
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musicmaza
Dec 26 2007, 07:22 PM
QUOTE Technically, No. The original author of the site continues to hold the copyright for their material subject to the terms of the Copyright Act where they wrote the page.
Whether they would pursue you for any damages caused to them by your use of their material is another matter. But that author himself has no copyright that means all his materials could be shared anywhere on the net.And also in the disclaimer there is a written information that anything available on this site is already available on the net for free,so I am copying from his site that is i think no wrong
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