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F A Q s – Specific information about R.I.G.H.T.S. & redistribution:
What does R.I.G.H.T.S. stand for?
What is R.I.G.H.T.S.?
Who does R.I.G.H.T.S. affect?
What is redistribution?
Why is redistribution illegal?
If graphics are linkware, why can’t they be redistributed?
I make websites for others. Is that okay? I use the linking logo.
What are Terms & Conditions?
My site was done by someone else using redistributed graphics. Now what?
How do I join R.I.G.H.T.S.?
DEFINITIONS – Various copyright terms and issues explained:
Bandwidth Theft
Berne Convention
Brush
Cease and Desist Letter
Collection / Compilation Site
Copyright
Copyright Act of 1976
Copyright Expiration
Copyright Limitations
Copyright Management Information
Copyright Notice
Copyright Ownership
Copyright Term Extension Act
Deep Linking
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Dingbat
Email Copyright
Fair Use
Fixation
Font
GATT
Infringement
Intellectual Property
Interface Graphics
Liable
Link Collections
Linkware
Midi
Minimal Creativity
Misappropriation
MP3
No Copyright Relations
Notice of Copyright Infringement
Nozzle
Originality
Patent
Plagiarize
Poor Man’s Copyright
Privacy Rights
Public Domain
Publication
Publicity Rights
Registration
Redistribution
Removing Copyright Information
Rights
Royalty Free
Scanned Images
Tangible Medium
Terms of Use
Trademark
Tube
Tutorial
Universal Copyright Convention
Use
.Wav
WIPO
Works For Hire
COPYRIGHT – Questions Most Often Asked (and the answers):
In the beginning, there is copyright …
Who is the copyright owner?
But does copyright protect me worldwide?
Isn’t everything on the internet “public domain”?
Then everything is copyrighted?
What does that copyright notice do?
Does copyright last forever?
So how do I legally copyright my work?
Can’t I scan an image and put it online?
I am using an image as an avatar … is that okay?
Aren’t clip-art books and graphics CDs copyright free?
I learned how to make an image with a tutorial. Is that image mine?
Fonts and dingbats can’t be copyrighted, right?
Can I convert my favorite song to a midi and place it online?
I want to put a poem or song lyric online. Is that okay?
Are HTML, CSS, XHTML or other languages protected by copyright?
Does that “no right mouse click” code protect my images?
Will watermarking my images protect them from being stolen?
I mailed myself copies of my work. I am protected, right?
I found someone using copyright work. What do I do?
If I join an online group, am I protecting my copyrights?
I made a website for a company. Do they own the graphics?
Are scanned rubber stamp images okay to put online?
I don’t remember where the images came from. Does that matter?
I am under legal age. Can I claim copyright?
Is email copyrighted?
Can’t I take an image and change it to make it mine?
How do I find out who is hosting a website?
EXAMPLES:
Terms of Use
Cease and Desist Letter
Letter to a Site Host
Letter to a Collection Site
RESOURCES:
Links to various online education programs
Links to information sites regarding copyright, trademark, and patent
SUPPORT:
How individuals can support R.I.G.H.T.S.
LINK TO US:
Six pages with 189 linking graphics from all over the world
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