10 Big Myths about Copyright
While FA is down... now may be a good time to review some interesting myths about copyrights...
I found an interesting article here: http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
Here's a summary of a few from the article:
•You don't NEED a notice of copyright for something to be copywritten. There is a proper way of copyrighting which could strengthen your case if it was brought to court, but otherwise, it's almost universally unnecessary now.
•It is still a violation of copyright laws, even if you don't charge for it. (though, in the US, music seems to have some leeway given, I would assume because of performances and not for file sharing or sampling.)
•Unless a creator explicitly says "I grant this to the public domain", it's not "public domain" property.
•Fair use is more about the right to use a work for commentary, than to be allowed to use it for your own creative means.
Maybe later tonight I'll actually sit down and do a proper blog. Oh, well. Back to work!
I found an interesting article here: http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
Here's a summary of a few from the article:
•You don't NEED a notice of copyright for something to be copywritten. There is a proper way of copyrighting which could strengthen your case if it was brought to court, but otherwise, it's almost universally unnecessary now.
•It is still a violation of copyright laws, even if you don't charge for it. (though, in the US, music seems to have some leeway given, I would assume because of performances and not for file sharing or sampling.)
•Unless a creator explicitly says "I grant this to the public domain", it's not "public domain" property.
•Fair use is more about the right to use a work for commentary, than to be allowed to use it for your own creative means.
Maybe later tonight I'll actually sit down and do a proper blog. Oh, well. Back to work!