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Re: copyright violation
Alex Makienko 2004-Jul-31 03:31:00
Here are some explanations of the US copyright law from the site
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wccc:
"The copyright in the work of authorship immediately becomes the property of
the author who created the work."
So as soon as you created (printed or produced a file) your photo or pano,
it becomes copyrighted. Note that if you've created anything being hired for
this job the copyright belongs to your employer.
"No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is
required to secure copyright. .... Copyright is secured automatically when
the work is created, and a work is "created" when it is fixed in a copy or
phonorecord for the first time. "
That's clear.
"The use of a copyright notice is no longer required under U. S. law,
although it is often beneficial. .... Use of the notice may be important
because it informs the public that the work is protected by copyright,
identifies the copyright owner, and shows the year of first publication."
So "c-in-circle" is not mandatory to copyright your job. This is just for
information. However it is useful for protection. Probably those guy grabbed
Don's panos didn't know that QT file contains the copyright information. If
the copyright information is clearly visible, it reduces a chance for the
picture to be stolen.
I guess in the major statements different copyright laws are pretty much the
same. However there might be some differences in copyright acts in different
countries and you may want to verify that prior to publishing your work in
these countries.
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "E. Bond Francisco" <#removed#>
To: <#removed#>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: copyright violation
> Don,
>
> thanks for pointing that out. It raises a question for me? How do you
> go about copyrighting your materials? Is the presence of the
> c-in-a-circle sufficient? Do you need to register them somehow?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Thanks (this time meant for the list! |:<>} )
>
> Bond
> -=-=-
> On Jul 30, 2004, at 4:49 PM, G. Donald Bain wrote:
>
> > For those of you not on the #removed#, I will give a
> > brief summary of some interesting developments earlier today.
> >
> > Alex Makienko tipped me that a site was using over 200 of my
> > panoramas.
> > Sure enough, there they were:
> > ????? http://www.aboutcanada.info/Panoramas/
> >
> > Of course I had never given permission, or received any payment. The
> > site owners are in Israel, but the hosting company is in the U.S. Alex
> > contacted the owners (in Russian!), I contacted the ISP.
> >
> > The ISP at first tried to stonewall me and told me to come back with a
> > cease and desist order from a judge. But then they did a quick about
> > face and the CEO personally assured me that they do not allow
> > copyright
> > violations.
> >
> > The site is now gone (but I am going to check again tomorrow).
> > Probably
> > taken down by its owners (thanks to Alex), but if it comes back with
> > illegal material we expect the ISP to shut it down.
> >
> > Protecting your copyright on the web is not easy, but we must keep
> > trying. Most violators are small timers, and many do it out of
> > ignorance. We have some major allies -- two of the leaders in this
> > field are the Vatican (their library and art collections) and Playboy
> > magazine. What a team.
> >
> > If you see panoramas from the WWP events on any site other than
> > GeoImages, FullScreenQTVR, or WHTour, let me know. If it goes beyond
> > "fair use" news and review we will certainly do something about it.
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
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