copyright: ALERT! HOW TO AVOID BECOMING INFECTED WITH "THE RIGHT CLICK SYNDROME".
- 04/12/09 02:28 AM
WHAT' IS "THE RIGHT CLICK SYNDROME"? Is it contagious? How do I know if I have been infected? How do others know if I'm infected? How long does it last? What can I do to recover? Are there any lasting effects? Will others know I'm infected? WHAT IS "THE RIGHT CLICK SYNDROME"? The right click syndrome is a chronic condition that compels ActiveRain members so infected to engage in serial copyright infringement. Is it contagious? No! Members with common sense and a respect for the property rights of others have a natural resistance to the compulsion to right click on images and text content originated by another … (89 comments)
Copyright protects "original works of authorship" that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. 1 literary works 2 musical works, including any … (91 comments)
copyright: PLEASE DON'T PUT COPYRIGHT PROTECTED CARTOONS IN COMMENTS ON MY BLOG.
- 02/02/09 09:29 AM
I GOT A NICE COMMENT ON ONE OF MY POSTS TODAY that included a large cartoon. The cartoon was clearly a professionally produced and syndicated one. If the cartoon has been purchased for republish, there was no notice. If the cartoon has been purchased for any use, there was no notice. If the cartoon was free to use, there was no notice. There was no attribution. I see this on ActiveRain posts regularly and I just ignore it because it's none of my business. However, when it's on my blog in a comment, I want to be assured that it is a … (26 comments)
copyright: IF YOU'VE BEEN VIOLATED BY A COPYRIGHT THIEF, DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT!
- 11/26/08 07:15 AM
This post inspired by Tracy Santrock's excellent post describing her experience discovering that her content had been stolen and used by a competitor. I could surely identify with her feelings of shock, disappointment and finally outrage. I have felt those same emotions many times, each time I discover one of my location maps on a competitor's web site. Not unlike my experience, Tracy discovered her content on a competitor's blog by accident. CONSIDER THE IRONY. In my case, I was reviewing Baltimore real estate agents' web sites looking for a referral agent. I saw a comprehensive web site for the area of … (39 comments)
copyright: COPYRIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HATE ME NOW!
- 11/06/08 01:53 AM
CAN or SHOULD YOU USE VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE.COM? FROM THE YOUTUBE COMMUNITY GUIDELINES: Respect copyright. Only upload videos that you made or that you are authorized to use. This means don't upload videos you didn't make, . . . . More. . . . . Copyright Guideline. When you create something original, you own the copyright for it. . . . More. . . FROM YOUTUBE TERMS Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only and may not be downloaded, copied, * * * * without the prior written consent of the … (79 comments)
copyright: DON'T BE TRICKED BY WIKIPEDIA! Just because you believe it is in the "Public Domain" doesn't mean that it is. Even when someone says it is.
- 09/11/08 07:30 AM
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF THE LAW. What is copyright?Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works. More . . . (c) Statutory Damages. - (1) Except as provided by clause (2) of this subsection, the copyright owner may elect, at any time before final judgment is rendered, to recover, instead of actual damages and profits, an award of statutory damages for all infringements involved in the action, with respect to any one … (40 comments)
copyright: HOW TO "STAKE YOURSELF OUT" AND WAIT FOR THE COPYRIGHT STAMPEDE
- 07/02/08 05:28 AM
IT'S COPYRIGHT TIME AGAIN. This post inspired by Robert Lockhard, Bloggers beware! Copyright battle might be coming. Fair Use? Or, an invitation to a Cease and Desist Notice and Demand for Damages? From Title 17 of the U.S. Code: Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered "fair," such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 also sets out four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair:
the purpose and character of the use, including whether such … (68 comments)
copyright: COPYRIGHT WARNING: DON'T LET A $1,000 DAMAGE DEMAND TURN INTO A $15,000 SETTLEMENT!
- 06/04/08 05:00 AM
GUIDE FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND BROKERS WITH WEB SITES. RULE #1. Don't use Lenn's maps on your web page. RULE #2. When you are contacted by the map owner, don't ignore them. RULE #3. When you are noticed of a settlement offer of $1,000, take it. RULE #4. When you receive mail from Lenn's attorney at your broker's office, don't ignore it. RULE #5. When you try to avoid service of process, you will not succeed. RULE #6. When you have an attorney make an offer, make it attractive, not just Lenn's legal fees. RULE #7. When served with a COMPLAINT FOR … (106 comments)
copyright: PLAGIARISM, COPYRIGHT AND GOOGLE JUICE
- 12/13/07 12:32 AM
IGNORANCE OF THE COPYRIGHT LAW IS NO EXCUSE. ANYWAY, WE DON'T BUY IT. * * * * DANGER: HARD CORE COPYRIGHT TALK AHEAD * * * * THINGS LEARNED IN 7TH GRADE ENGLISH CLASSMrs. Kennedy, my 7th Grade English Teacher, was known for her tough grading, strict class discipline and heavy homework assignments. I dreaded going to her class each day, turning in an assignment and getting it back with black marker all over it and a grade at the top of the page that I knew didn't reflect the value of my writing. Mrs. Kennedy focused on composition and structure. The focus … (68 comments)
copyright: MY FIRST ACTIVE RAIN POST WAS ABOUT - YES! COPYRIGHT
- 10/13/07 01:41 AM
"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Yesterday, I filed my tax return for 2006. Included as income for 2006 was $48,000 for money received for damages for copyright infringement. This has been the average amount collected for the past 4 years. In the future, statutory damages should be easier to collect with the recent jury decision in the music download case in Duluth, Minnesota: "The recording industry won a key fight Thursday against illegal music downloading when a federal jury found a Minnesota woman shared copyrighted music online and levied $222,000 **** in damages. . . " MY FIRST POST … (21 comments)
copyright: JURY FINDS FOR MUSIC COMPANY IN COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT - October 5, 2007
- 10/08/07 11:07 AM
THE JUST HAS SPOKEN in a landmark copyright lawsuit. Duluth, Minn. (AHN) - A Minnesota mother of two must pay $222,000 to several record publishers after a jury Thursday here found her guilty of illegally sharing 24 songs. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008735318 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/04/business/NA-FIN-US-Downloading-Music.php Things just got a lot hotter for folks who believe that they can just take resources and use them even when it violates the copyright of the rightful owner of the property. This is a music download case where the defandant downloaded from the Internet and shared copyright protected music. This is a landmark case and copyright protections just got more valuable. Stealing copyright … (10 comments)
copyright: COURT SAYS MLS IS A FORUM FOR REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS
- 08/21/07 11:53 PM
MUST READ - MLS IS for BROKERS TO SHARE INFORMATION - IT IS NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION[Decision] Filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals, Florida June 21, 2007Appeals from the United States District Courtfor the Southern District of FloridaBUC Int�l Corp. v. Int�l Yacht Council Ltd. "The vessel listings in the BUCNET database were not available to the public; only BUCNET licensees had access to these compilations. BUCNET was thus a broker-to-broker multiple listing service6 (�MLS�), as opposed to a primarily retail-based website available to the public at large."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Footnotes to the Decision~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5 In pertinent part, the �BUC Marine Sales and Charter Management SystemMembership … (34 comments)
copyright: COPYRIGHT WARNING: A SNIPPET IS NOT 100 WORDS.
- 08/09/07 01:56 AM
WHAT'S A SNIPPET?Recent articles with information about the latest hot topic, mortgages and will anyone every get one again,have led to some powerful reading and some very powerful writing. Unfortunately, it has also led to some,what I believe are (1) copyright violations, and (2) borderline duplicate content. When researching a topic and you find something right on point in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post or other web sites, blogs, etc., it is not advisable to COPY AND PASTE several paragraphs of the article, postit to an ActiveRain article and then, after giving credit, link to the rest of the … (23 comments)
copyright: COPYRIGHT REVISITED, OR IS IT RECYCLED. Correcting Misinformation.
- 07/14/07 06:48 AM
ACTIVE RAIN MEMBERS WHO COMMENT ON COPYRIGHT SHOULD FIRST READ THE OFFICIAL COPYRIGHT OFFICE WEB SITE. Checking my Active Rain messages this morning showed a comment made just yesterday about an article I posted about COPYRIGHT on August 13, 2006. The comment was so wrong, wrong, wrong. "You make a great caase for copyrighted material. But alas most people do not copyright their work so suing will not be an option." THAT STATEMENT IS NOT ACCURATE. SUING IS AN OPTION. I've done it and WON. I have filed suit and THEN registered the copyright. Back in 2002, I had not the slightest idea that anyone, especially a fellow … (60 comments)
copyright: YOU CANNOT "REPRINT" ON ACTIVE RAIN. IT IS COPYRGHT INFRINGEMENT
- 06/18/07 01:38 AM
RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT COPYRIGHT, INFRINGEMENT, ACTIVE RAIN POSTS, ATTRIBUTION, LINKS AND SNIPPETS. It appears that a RAINER got a post deleted because 99% of the post was not written by the member. This is a gray area to many, but copyright is really simple. The creator or writer of an article is the ONLY person who has the right to any benefit derived from publication or distribution of an article, movie or book. Unless you have purchased and paid for the right to publish or distribute content written by someone else, you do not have permission to publish that material as content on your … (118 comments)
copyright: COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT REVISITED with AN INTERESTING ANGLE
- 03/08/07 01:19 AM
My latest adventure in copyright protection enforcement has taken a very interesting turn. A local agent recently got caught with one of my maps on her web site. This is a local agent of a national company. The agent and her broker are presenting a new problem. While my map is no longer on their web site, Google has it indexed in "Images" with a link to the agent's web site. Google Images and images in general are a very popular search resource for consumers and every day that my map is sending visitors to a web site not my own is costing me traffic. When … (65 comments)
copyright: JUST BECAUSE IT'S ON YAHOO OR GOOGLE DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN USE IT
- 12/29/06 11:15 PM
DANGER, WILL ROBINSON * DANGER, WILL ROBINSON * DANGER, WILL ROBINSON WILL FOLKS, PLEASE, PLEASE, GET THE MESSAGE - JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE SOMETHING ON YAHOO, GOOGLE OR ANY OTHER PLACE ON THE INTERNET, DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN JUST TAKE IT AND USE IT. IF YOU DIDN'T CREATE IT, MAKE IT, WRITE IT, OR BUY IT, YOU CAN'T USE IT. IT ISN'T YOURS TO COPY AND USE. Now, I'm trying to introduce a bit of humor into this matter. Perhaps if only to get Active Rainer's attention. But, this is a VERY serious matter. You do not have the right to use images … (18 comments)
copyright: IMAGES, PHOTOS AND ICONS
- 12/08/06 08:24 AM
John Hruska complimented my Door Mat image and mistook it for "Clip Art". I don't use Clip Art because I have a massive collection of photos and graphic images. Remember the "Crab Images"?
I have had photos and graphics stored on my hard drives, CDs and numberous Floppies for years. I am finally getting them organized. I still have about 100 more to upload, but they will soon all be on a web page, Atlantic Lights. Active Rain friends are elcomed to use the images and photos ON ACTIVE RAIN BLOGS. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, think of the bandwidth we'll … (2 comments)
copyright: A SOLDIER IN THE COPYRIGHT BATTLE
- 11/12/06 07:12 AM
KRISTAL, YOU JUST MADE MY DAY ! ! ! ! I just read a helpful post by Jim Lee about tracking copyright violators through Google search. One of the comments was from Kristal Kraft who posted that she is pursuing copyright violators. Thank you Kristal. It's been lonely out here. I know that Alice Held has vigorously pursued copyright violators in the past. Certainly, my battles over the past 2 years have been documented. I very much welcome another real estate professional who will stand up and defend their property. This is a hard battle to fight. The copyright violators have the easy job. Just … (32 comments)
copyright: COPYRIGHT CONFUSION III and CRAB IMAGES
- 11/06/06 07:53 AM
Many questions from the first copyright blog has kept this string going. This should be the last. I'll try to answer them below, but remember, I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY OR COPYRIGHT EXPERT. I'm a real estate broker who has had some experience protecting my copyrights and collecting damages from folks who violated the law by infringing on my copyrights by copying and using images from my web sites on their own. Of course, anyone is free to link to any page that I have on the Internet. PERMISSION TO USE YOUR ARTICLESIf others want to use your articles, what's the … (6 comments)
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