A legal concept intended to protect the intellectual property rights of authors and artists by making unauthorized copying a civil or criminal offense.
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How should creative commons attribution for images be provided?
Clicking through from Flickr to the CreativeCommons.org definition for "Some Rights Reserved" you find that you can reuse an image as long as you provide attribution.
If we want to use the image in ...
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Is it legal to host user-manual documents on my server? [closed]
Is it legal to host user-manual documents (e.g. a user manual for an lcd television in pdf format) on my server? Also, if I made an HTML page that contains a list of all those hosted documents (again ...
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Can I use product images from official websites?
I would like to promote some laptop products.
For example Lets say Acer Laptop.
Am I allowed to copy image from that website and use it in my website?
I'm promoting their products. So its not ...
2
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Copyright infringement on an image from an article of mine
I just received a notification from my hosting provider which told me that a certain company sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") copyright infringement notice regarding an image found in ...
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Do you need to have filed a Copyright to enforce the DMCA
I lead IS for my organization and the other day we found out a competitor stole all of the Copy Text from our corporate site and pasted it nearly verbatim to their own (the only changes were to ...
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Picking non-blocked music for a Youtube video: how do others do it? [closed]
I might have to start curating a Youtube channel for my company. As part of my job, I need to tell my editors which music tracks they can use or not to avoid being blocked by Youtube's ContentID. (we ...
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Content licence vs SEO
Which will boost a search engine optimization campaign: setting your content to creative common licence or copy-write protection of your content? and to what extent to they influence the SEO campaign?
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59 views
Our website has been 'cloned' and is now running under a .vn domain - course of action?
Our website http://llidesign.co.uk - (design and developed in house and completely hand coded, no templates) has been cloned - http://menplus.vn and is now being hosted on a .vn (Vietnam) domain.
...
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simple menus are very simple to code in css then how they can violate copyright? [closed]
I had created a book on CSS which contains every trick to create menu, layouts, tables,etc. Does this violate copyright?
As I had used my codes instead of copying from other sites I think it does ...
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Copyright of pictures upload to a website?
I want to run a website like stock photos. How can I be sure that the uploader is real copyright holder of the picture? Is it possible to leave the responsibility of this copyright claim to the ...
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1answer
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How do some sites handle copyright issue? [closed]
mangafox.com
Some adult sites like clothedvsunclothed.com (warning adult sites)
They even put watermark there. The non watermarked version must be somewhere on the web but where?
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How do people write legal and copyright pages? [closed]
I'm in the process of starting a selling market for people who want pet related products and am keen on knowing how people do this, I'm a college student so I have no know how in this matter. Do ...
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Can we use a copyrighted material if there is no copyright information and there is no way to contact the author [duplicate]
I want to use
http://data.whicdn.com/images/28250497/we-are-never-satisfied_large.jpg
As cover of my book.
There is a watermark saying supermegatrolled.com
However, it's unlikely that ...
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45 views
How to prove content is mine after somtime using web
I need some suggestions as to how proved the ownership of content in case it is stolen using Web exclusively and that'd be the interest of every Webmaster publishing any content.
I mean I've plenty ...
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6answers
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Website content copied - How can I prove that I wrote it?
One of our competitors constantly copies all our website content.
Now, I assume the trouble is to proof that we wrote the content first and that it is not the other way round.
I checked on ...
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4answers
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Can I remove the footer copyright from a bought website theme?
I'd like to know if it's legal to remove the footer copyright from a website theme, in this specific case a Wordpress theme.
I've modified the header and the menu, created a logo for the site and put ...
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3answers
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Posting small parts of books as content on my new site, legal/illegal?
I want to set up a new website where I'm planing to post content from different mystics/spiritual authors(most of them dead). The content is from various sources but most of them from books that I ...
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1answer
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Am I allowed to link to the movie posters from IMDB?
I am planning on making a site that deals specifically with movie trailers. I would like to know if I am allowed to link to the movie posters from imdb and display them on my site.
I am mainly ...
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Can CSS button code be copyrighted?
I used this website which allows you to customize the color, width, height, and other stuff which is generated afterwards and then you can copy the code. I checked the website and didn't see any ...
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2answers
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Can I freely add images to my blog post from Image database websites?
As many of you guys have already seen the blog site like
http://searchengineland.com/
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/
http://www.seroundtable.com/
Use to add images to there blog post and at ...
2
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1answer
64 views
Prevent HTML files downloaded from getting copied from that particular system to another system or getting the script modified?
How to prevent my HTML files downloaded to a particular system from getting copied from that particular system to another system or getting the script modified?
Is there any tool or method out? Well, ...
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1answer
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YouTube Copyright [closed]
I am interested in making a trailer channel, but I need to know if I can just take recently released movie trailers and upload the videos to my channel.
It might sound like a dumb question, but I am ...
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1answer
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Stating where images were obtained from, recommended/required?
I was wondering if it's required or recommended to display the owner/source of any images used on my website?
If I were to use a general image from another website (not necessarily having a specific ...
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3answers
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Can i link to other websites in my newsletter?
I'm intrested in adding several intresting articles on my newsletter from other websites.
Am i allowed to do that in general or every website has it's own rules?
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Can CSS be copyrighted?
I know CSS on a website is protected under the website's copyright since it is considered part of the overall design. I also know that images used inCSS are copyrightable.
How about when CSS is used ...
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1answer
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Internet data citation rules
I have a site and on some pages I want to add data that is available on other sites, also I will put proper reference to my data that is where I copied it from.
I just need proper rule for it.
Like ...
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wrapBootstrap is no updated and what about copyrights [closed]
My questions are:
Is wrapBootstrap site (for buying themes) no updated? I'm watching
the statics of subscribers and of buyers a couple of days and none
has been increased. Is it safe to buy a ...
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4answers
1k views
Patenting a Web Application before launch?
While discussing a website idea I had with friends and worked on it, they told me to be wary of theft regarding the website. Since the code I'd be working on would be mostly Javascript and HTML, the ...
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2answers
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How to Automate Checking for Stolen Content?
So I know about tools like Copyscape and Google Alerts.. great tools, but it's quite tedious for me to copy and paste an URL or phrase for every one of my pages in my sites. Is there any tool out ...
2
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1answer
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How much is not too much? using snippets from other copyrighted sources
I'm going to add a news page to my website which will include short snippets from other copyrighted sources, I'm going to only mention the title and maybe a short descriptions and link them to the ...
4
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2answers
167 views
Website copyright- Should I use my name or the website's name
If possible, I'd like to know whether to use my name or the website's name when making the copyright notice for my website.
I read here that when I add a copyright notice to my website I should ...
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2answers
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Non-intentional hosting of material that is protected by copyright law
I am interested how copyright law works in the case of Rapidshare, Youtube and etc. Just hypothetically speaking, what if I create a website for uploading and sharing MP3 files, and some users start ...
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How to deal with overly aggressive “Link Take Down Demands”?
I've been receiving a large number of emails recently requesting I clean from link spam from my forum. Initially the emails were very polite and professional, and I was happy to remove the links. ...
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How do I copyright my website?
My website has been in development for a long time and cost a lot of money. How do I go about securing an enforceable copyright on my website design and what is the proper way to post a copyright ...
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Can I use others' content on my own website without their permission?
I would like to ask if is it legal to put someone content on own website (content will be changed to match my own design) without asking the owner of that site for permission. I would like to get some ...
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2answers
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Can embedding a content from another website be considered as a violation of copyright law?
I would like to embed a content from another website (a webcam object) to my website. Can it be considered as a violation of copyright law? Both my website and the embedded are within EU. There is no ...
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We've had our content copied under a different URL - why and what do we do?
We have a problem. We've noticed a large amount of traffic showing up on our Google Analytics. Upon further investigation we have found that we've had our content copied under a different URL.
Our ...
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Responsibility in case of copyright infringing user-submitted content
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but it seemed like one of the better options.
Example here. Say, I have an online library where users can submit e-books and PDFs they created. All fine ...
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Where can I find graphics to use in printable worksheets I create and make available for download? [closed]
I'm looking to put up a website with worksheets that I make and they will need to have graphics in them. The worksheets will be available for download for free. Where can I find images that I can ...
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Is it o.k. to have a domain name which happens to also be the title of a book?
For example, I would like to use the domain "stuckinthemiddle.com", but "Stuck in the Middle" is also the title of a book. Can I get sued on copyright terms?
I checked this question, and according to ...
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6answers
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Add copyright notice to a website
I want to add a copyright notice to a website I created.
Something like
(c) Me 2010. All rights reserved.
I am aware that everything written by someone is automatically copyrighted (if I'm not ...
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1answer
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Is it legal to charge extra fees for copyrighted content on mobile platforms?
this question just came up as we recently bought content from image stock portals. Many of those altered their license agreement in favor of charging more for using in mobile apps. So instead of using ...
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Is an image of a stripe considered copyrighted?
I have an image that I found on another site. It's just a one pixle wide stripe, and I'm wondering if it's protected by copyright.
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2answers
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In the website for a mobile app, is it legal to show photos of actual phones?
In most websites that showcase mobile apps, photos of actual phones are shown as an example of what the app looks like. Sometimes, the phone's brand is visible; other times, the device is clearly an ...
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Hosting a magnet link site which could possibly infringe copyrighted material? [closed]
I have for the last 3 months built a crawler, indexer and alot of other things for what started out to be a home project for indexing magnet links on the internet. As my project grew I have thought ...
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1answer
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Which class should I use to register a trademark for my domain?
I want to protect my domain name, so I've been thinking of registering it as a trademark.
Does anyone know what class a website would come under (for the registration process)?
Also, do you think ...
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What's the legal way to stream music online?
It's really hard getting a definite answer on this so I'm going to ask it here. Is there a legal way to stream new music on a website without getting artist consent first. There seems to be a lot of ...
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Who's to blame for copyright content, webmaster or site/business owner?
If I upload content that is clearly a violation of copyrights am I legally responsible for such content or is it only the owner of the site and business?
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2answers
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Using copyrighted images on website that generates CPA based revenue?
What I want to do is use copyrighted blizzard images throughout my site. Their copyright policy is as follows:
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/about/legal-faq.html
The website generates revenue ...
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3answers
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template for terms of condition for social media based website?
Im looking for a template for a terms of usage text based on social media websites. Im actually a coder and not into the legal blabla in general. Ofcourse you could spend a thousand or 2 on a lawyer ...
