Copyright Basics

Copyrights & the Web Webmasters Beware! Let’s Review Some Copyright Basics By Mr. Breitsprecher

Copyrights Apply
Most things on WWW are copyrighted
No need to register
No need to identify with “ © ” or statement
If in “tangible form,” copyrights apply
Once created, saved, or put online, creator has copyrights

Term “Copyrights”
Copyrights means “right to copy”
Protects how ideas are presented
Does not protect the idea itself
Facts cannot be copyrights

Six Copyrights
Reproduction
Adaptation
Distribution
Public Performance
Public Display
Digital Audio Transmissions of Sound Recordings

Need Permission to…
Reproduce
Adapt
Distribute
Publicly perform
Publicly display
Digitally transmit audio sound recordings
Unless the intended use falls under a special category called fair use

Reproduction
Making copies
Downloading from Web
Printing
Rewriting or recreating
Photographing

Adaptation
Modifications, alterations, use of another’s ideas
Changing format, posting from a book to a Web
Copying someone else’s HTML all

Distribution
Owners controls how work is distributed
Including electronic transmissions or posting on Web

Public Performance
Right to perform in public covered by copyrights
Digital broadcasts, other transmissions
Live renditions

Public Display
Owners control how work is shown to public
Digital transmission considered public display

Audio Transmission
Copyright owners control how audio recordings are distributed
Sending or downloading audio file over the Internet is a digital transmission.

Fair Use
Can use copyrighted material if:
Not commercial,
Do not infringe on main copyrighted idea
Will not affect potential market for original copyrighted work

4 “Fair Use” Factors
Purpose or character of use
Nature of original work
Amount and substantiality of use
Affect on potential market

Avoid Problems
If in doubt, get written permission
Read licenses for software, graphics, video, or audio
Be careful with Web content
Someone else’s violation does not mean everyone else can violate copyright
Many copyright violations on the Web
Find out who owns rights before using

Protect Yourself
Use original material on websites
Copyrights do not cover ideas, concepts, methods, facts, principles, discoveries.
Cover the way these are explained
Collect facts & ideas from several sources
Multiple sources protects against charges of “adaptation”
Get permission from photographer and the subject(s) before using pictures

Facts Not Copyrighted
Only presentation of facts covered
Links are facts, just like phone numbers – free to use
Do not link to sites that violate copyrights
Lists of links are covered by copyrights

If In Doubt, CHECK!
US Copyright Office ( www.copyright.gov )
R.I.G.H.T.S. Redistribution of Graphics Has to Stop ( www.rightsforartists.com )
Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center ( fairuse .stanford.edu )
Copyright Clearance Center ( www.copyright.com )

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by William Breitsprecher

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