Hi, Let me insert a few facts on copyrights here:
http://www.weblawresources.com/Copyright/copyrighting-web-sites.htm http://www.weblawresources.com/Copyright_package.htm and this is something that you should all know if you are running your own development business. . http://www.weblawresources.com/who_owns_art.htm We provide all of our clients with a Limited Release of Copyrights at the completion of our work. At the begining we explain the clients rights to the website design site and its symbiotic programming. We also reiterate this information at the completion so there is no crossed paths as to communication. FOR ISP's and HOSTS Synopsis: *************************************** "When copyrighting a web site, special precaution must be taken to assure that all aspects of the web site are properly protected. Failure to properly register a component of the web site can lead to a loss of the benefits of copyright registration, including statutory damage and attorney fee awards that are made available as a result of a valid registration. In order to register valid copyright, you must either be the author if the work as defined under the copyright laws, or you must have received an assignment from the author. All of the individual listed above can often claim that they are authors or joint authors of portions of the work. Where this is the case, assignments and acknowledgments must be obtained in advance to assure that you have complete unrestricted rights to the work." ***************************************** There are many instances of copyright protection in force as we speak the best known is the DMCA which mandates the HOST of a copyright infringed site must take that site done (block it) upon notification or be fined $5000 a day. You can also post an alleged copyright site to www.pirated-sites.com In summation a website is copyrighted at the time of inception. To be awarded damages you MUST register it for $30 prior to filing suit. This is US applicable only :) Also as Google is just a data reporting website it cannot be sued for displaying the data that is returned from a web search. Just as you can not sue somebody for using your meta tags, as that again is just data. Oh what a tangled web we weave... ;) BTW, IANAL sincerely, bob laurence www.RE-Data.com LLC Owner/Programmer "Your Bridge to the Internet since 1995" We may not know it all, but we know the web!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl D. Wise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 8:15 AM Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: Copyright was content theft and strange page Joseph, In the US there is copyright immediately upon creation. Registration is not required but does help 'prove' that you created the material and when it was created. So if you do have to go to court having registered (which I believe is $35) makes proving your case much easier. US Copyright law was changed several years ago (1989) to be more or less the same as most of the western world. For more info see http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.pdf Cheryl D. Wise WiserWays Office: 713.353.0139 Mobile: 713.412.0406 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
