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<DIV>In a message dated 7/2/2009 6:36:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
seanferris@optonline.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>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). </DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Here's the "cartoon version" of the law: <A
href="http://www.loc.gov/teachers/copyrightmystery/#/copyright/">http://www.loc.gov/teachers/copyrightmystery/#/copyright/</A> ;
you also can check <A href="http://www.copyright.gov">www.copyright.gov</A> for
a more adult version.</DIV>
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