Aug 5, 2008 Posted by Judith

Online Copyright Ignorance

Over the past week or so I’ve worked with several clients who did not realize the impact of innocently taking others writings, photos or graphics and pasting them on their site or Blog.  Some even keeping the links for photos intact to the server/site the stole them from!  Yes, stole.  Copyright applies to the Web and everything on it.   E-mail is also copyright protected. Copyright is a... read more

Apr 23, 2008 Posted by Judith

Stealing Graphics & Content

This week a very nice gentleman e-mailed me to make me aware of a site that was linking to one of the graphics from one of my sites and thereby displaying my graphic on their site. Typically when this happens, the sites that do this kind of thing are not very well designed sites. They are home-brewed DIYers you clearly do not understand all the issues and variables — legal or otherwise —... read more

Nov 29, 2007 Posted by Judith

7 Online Copyright Myths

One of the most misunderstood issues online has to do with copyright. Both with e-mail and Web site content copyright issues. For some reason, as with many things online, there is this incorrect perception that anything goes or that the entire online world is “public domain.” Many are finding out the hard way that when it comes to protecting creative collateral; copyright is law. And,... read more