rules for using graphics from other sites

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Matthew

Hello,
Not exactly frontpage, but it is related. Does anyone have any good links for pages that explain how copyrighted a picture is. I want to use a picture but not copy exactly. I will do a large amount of editing. I just want to know where people get all these original images because I don't think they excist. Most people it seems copy only a few are truly original. Any comments or good links will be appreciated. Thanks Matt
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

See:
http://www.ycoln-design.com/DesignGuides/Intellectual/Copyright/Copyright.asp


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Matthew said:
Hello,
Not exactly frontpage, but it is related. Does anyone have any good links for pages that
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explain how copyrighted a picture is. I want to use a picture but not copy exactly. I will do a
large amount of editing. I just want to know where people get all these original images because I
don't think they excist. Most people it seems copy only a few are truly original. Any comments or
good links will be appreciated. Thanks Matt
 
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Matthew

what would be your reply on cropping copyrighted works. If there is a copyrighted work and I crop sections from it and combine it with other snippets how legal is that. Just wondering? Matthew
 
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Kevin Spencer

Something else you might want to mention: Copyright is automatic.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Infringement
Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of a copyright owner is an
infringer.

Example: Developer scanned Photographer's copyrighted photograph, altered
the image by using digital editing software, and included the altered
version of the photograph in a multimedia work that Developer sold to
consumers. If Developer used Photographer's photograph without permission,
Developer infringed Photographer's copyright by violating the reproduction
right (scanning the photograph), the modification right (altering the
photograph), and the distribution right (selling the altered photograph as
part of the multimedia work).
A copyright owner can recover actual or, in some cases, statutory damages
from an infringer. The federal district courts have the power to issue
injunctions (orders) to prevent or restrain copyright infringement and to
order the impoundment and destruction of infringing copies.


Duration of the Rights
Under current law, the copyright term for works created by individuals is
the life of the author plus 70 years.
The copyright term for "works made for hire" is 95 years from the date of
first "publication" (distribution of copies to the general public) or 120
years from the date of creation, whichever expires first. Works made for
hire are works created by employees for employers and certain types of
specially commissioned works (see "The Work Made for Hire Rule" in the
Ownership of Copyright materials.). ""
By
Mark Radcliffe
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP



| what would be your reply on cropping copyrighted works. If there is a
copyrighted work and I crop sections from it and combine it with other
snippets how legal is that. Just wondering? Matthew
 
K

Kevin Spencer

Yeah, Crash, I figured you knew that, but I noticed that Matthew asked about
"copyrighted works" - possibly indicating that he did not know this. It is
an important fact to know!

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

I thought I alluded to it...if it comes outta your typewriter or camera it's
pretty much your's (it may be hard to prove but its true).


| Something else you might want to mention: Copyright is automatic.
|
| --
| HTH,
| Kevin Spencer
| .Net Developer
| Microsoft MVP
| Big things are made up
| of lots of little things.
|
message
| | "Infringement
| Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of a copyright owner is an
| infringer.
|
| Example: Developer scanned Photographer's copyrighted photograph, altered
| the image by using digital editing software, and included the altered
| version of the photograph in a multimedia work that Developer sold to
| consumers. If Developer used Photographer's photograph without permission,
| Developer infringed Photographer's copyright by violating the reproduction
| right (scanning the photograph), the modification right (altering the
| photograph), and the distribution right (selling the altered photograph as
| part of the multimedia work).
| A copyright owner can recover actual or, in some cases, statutory damages
| from an infringer. The federal district courts have the power to issue
| injunctions (orders) to prevent or restrain copyright infringement and to
| order the impoundment and destruction of infringing copies.
|
|
| Duration of the Rights
| Under current law, the copyright term for works created by individuals is
| the life of the author plus 70 years.
| The copyright term for "works made for hire" is 95 years from the date of
| first "publication" (distribution of copies to the general public) or 120
| years from the date of creation, whichever expires first. Works made for
| hire are works created by employees for employers and certain types of
| specially commissioned works (see "The Work Made for Hire Rule" in the
| Ownership of Copyright materials.). ""
| By
| Mark Radcliffe
| Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP
|
|
|
| | | what would be your reply on cropping copyrighted works. If there is a
| copyrighted work and I crop sections from it and combine it with other
| snippets how legal is that. Just wondering? Matthew
|
|
 
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