> >> So? How do you think most of us learned how HTML works? We took a
> >> page, saved it, tinkered with it, and saw how the tags did what they did.
> >> Tags are like a simple form. they are not content.
> >It's one thing to "play" with code, and quite another to post
> your stolen code
> >on the web.
Most web pages are rather alike. You have your sections, headers,
paragraphs, and some links. Maybe there is a table or list on some
advanced pages. The HTML code is far less than 20%, and any "Look and
Feel" is done with background images. Most pages do not have any real
"look and feel" beyond the backgrounds.
If you have specific color codes in tables, consistent styles, etc.
then that can be interpreted as look and feel, and one could conceivably
claim that 20 of the screen is enough to claim infringement of look and
feel. That is a separate issue from content; but unless you have a lot of
pages styled that way, it would likely be hard to claim.
> We are having this discussion on E-Marketing Digest. A list
> member had her entire site stolen, and it was put up on another
> similar site. The content used was something written by the
> original site owner (Nancy Roebke). The theft took place and was
> brought to her attention. After a serious of correspondence back
> and forth the offending party finally removed the material (Nancy
> thinks). It is hard to tell, because now there is a "members
> only" section on the site.
I would use another account, become a member, and if warranted, launch
a major copyright violation suit, as it would seem easy (assuming prior
correspondence was kept,) to claim the continued violation was clearly
intentional, etc. etc. Might be enough for treble damages on any profits
made... Make every effort to nail them!
I see nothing wrong with others taking some piece of my HTML coding
and modifying it, as long as the content is changed, and there are no
Look-and-Feel issues.
HOWEVER, I DO have some sites where the major innovation IS the HTML
code itself. Those sites have a very clear Look-and-Feel. Since that
Look-and-Feel can be produced without slavishly copying the HTML code, and
since that HTML code would be rediculous with thematically different
content, I consider it a different issue from simply copying HTML. And by
the way, in those cases, the HTML is 20% or more of the size of the file,
as well as a prime functionality of the page; so one could argue that
copying the HTML was copying the essense of the site on grounds of either
Look-and-Feel or percentage content.
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