At 11:34 PM 15/11/95 EST, Jeff Kell wrote:
[snip...]
>the ftp files are homed.  Dog and pony show on opus?  I haven't had time to
>build "pretty" index pages because I don't have time to scan artwork, or go
>find/fetch/steal/download/buy clipart to go with it to make it look like a
>real "web site".  It's just, umm, marketing?  Same stuff.  For text you have
[snip...]
 
Here's an challenging thought - most clipart is provided, except where
expressly acknowledge otherwise, with copyright still belonging to the
originator.  There is generally some provision for private use, but for
commercial use you need to get a rights waiver or agreement.  'Commercial'
use is generally taken to mean any use other than private, whether by a
corporation, institution or government.  There was/is a more indepth
discussion on Compuserve (who, of course, are asserting rights now for the
..GIF file format %).  Web publishing of pre-existing works from another
medium (that is not original works) is generally acknowledged to be bound by
the same copyright restrictions and regulations as the printed medium.  So
you might want to be careful about where you get your icons, artwork and
photographs!
 
What brought this to mind was a somewhat similar circumstance in the news
here in Oz involving radio broadcasts.  Apparently, radio broadcasts of
music are for private use only, to which the radio stations pay a royalty
fee back to the producers, record companys and the artists.  If a commercial
organization - a shop, your PABX switchboard, even a taxi-cab - plays music
from a radio they are liable to pay royalty fees!  The only things that
stops the music industry from pressing for this is the difficulty in
policing it.  In the context though of the WWW however, there could well be
little crawlers searching everywhere for copyright infringement!
 
Food for thought or ideas for an upset stomach?
 
Cheers.
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