[Groop] the magic of stealing

Bodhikt at aol.com Bodhikt at aol.com
Fri Jul 3 05:57:11 PDT 2009


 
 
In a message dated 7/2/2009 6:36:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
seanferris at optonline.net writes:

The site is a public domain, does it say "any use of the information  found 
on this site is a violation of blah blah blah"? Is there a copy &  paste 
guard? Then it is information that is for public consumption and  use. In your 
explanation what was originally done was a copyright  infringement. 



 
It is an "urban legend" that anything found on the Internet is in public  
domain. By current law, anything published, in any way, is copyrighted, 
whether  or not the copyright is registered, and whether or not there is any 
"notice"  attached to the work. There are a few exceptions-- like works 
published before  1923, then a few things re: work published after that through the 
1960s or  so (if not renewed after a certain number of years and/or death of 
creator + 70  years). 
 
A creator also can CHOOSE to put his/her works in the public domain (a  
legal process), assign the copyright to another person/corporation (also a 
legal  process), license the use of his/her copyrighted work, or just may not be 
 sufficiently wealthy (or healthy) to prosecute violations. If there is no  
notice explicitly giving you permission to copy, then you need to get 
permission  to do so... just ask, in other words. It's the polite thing to do, as 
well as  the legal thing to do. Like borrowing somebody's car... you need 
to get  permission, or it is theft.
 
Here's the "cartoon version" of the law: 
_http://www.loc.gov/teachers/copyrightmystery/#/copyright/_ 
(http://www.loc.gov/teachers/copyrightmystery/#/copyright/)  ;  you also can check _www.copyright.gov_ 
(http://www.copyright.gov)  for  a more adult version.
 
Kaytee
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