Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Copyright and the Internet

As Wikipedia define, “Copyright is the set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. These rights can be licensed, transferred and/or assigned.”
For copyright , internet can be a great menace.The internet is full of information with varyting degrees of copyright protection.
Copyrighted works on the Net include new s stories, software, novels, screenplays, graphics, pictures, Usenet messages and even email.

When creating a Web page, you CAN:
•Link to other Web sites.
•Use free graphics on your Web page. If the graphics are not advertised as "free" they should not be copied without permission.

When creating a Web page, you CANNOT:
•Put the contents of another person's or organizations web site on your Web page
•Copy and paste information from diferent Internet sources to create "your own" document.
•Incorporate other people's electronic material, such as e-mail, in your own document, without permission.
•Forward someone's e-mail to another recipient without permission
•Change or edit the context of someone in a way which changes the meaning
•Copy and paste others' lists of resources on your own web page
•Copy and paste logos, icons, and other graphics from other web sites to your web page

source:http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/copyright-internet.htm

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