Monday, October 1, 2007
Copyright
Copyright is a very serious and complex issue. It was first created in 1790, and it stated that a piece of work had copyright for 14 years. That has now extended to the author’s life plus 75 years. Whenever and author produces some kind of work in tangible form, that work has copyright automatically. If I want to take a picture from the internet and use it in a web page I am planning on publishing, there are certain things I need to do first. I must always cite the picture unless the author has been dead for over 75 years. If I took the picture, then I do not need to cite myself.
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You should always cite the source of your pictures or information, regardless of if you are going to publish the work or not. If you are going to publish, you have to get permission from the creator of the work.
Remember that if you get photos from a free website like Stock.EXCHNG you don’t have to worry about copyrights. Also, Creative Commons provides an alternative to traditional copyrights, with the “some rights reserved” copyright.
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