Friday, October 25, 2013

Week 4 EOC: Copyrights


“Copyrights are a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works.” Copy rights are a form of protecting you intellectual property, keeping people from stealing your creations. Unfortunately Copyrights don’t protect against everything for example facts, ideas, systems or methods of operation, but what it does protect is the way they are “expressed.” A good way to protect yourself from Copyrights is, staying away from thing that are copyright especially when you’re planning on using it for your own benefit. This is usually called an infringement which occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner.  Fortunately when it comes to your creations your work is protected at the moment it’s created and fixed in “tangible form.” If you publish or use the creative work of others, their trademarks, or certain confidential business information without the permission of the owner, you may be exposing yourself to legal liability for violations of intellectual property law.” “Fortunately, if you allow your site's user to post this type of content you can protect yourself from copyright infringement claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as long as you establish effective "notice-and-takedown" procedures, promptly remove content when a copyright owner notifies you that it is infringing, and have no knowledge that the material in question is infringing. Best thing you can do for your protection is to just keep all your work Copyrighted, and to keep anything and everything protected your never know when you may come up with something good that may be worth tons last thing you want is to have it stolen!


http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/protecting-yourself-against-copyright-claims-based-user-content

 

 

 

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