This community is about sharing but this does not seem like sharing to me.
Many thanks and I hope I don't sound too harsh.
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Slaped wrists theredibnah wrote:I admit I stole the curry song
sorry
no really
So song lyrics are covered; precis of books are covered; thought-out advice is covered; irrelevant banter is not covered. The copyright holder is the author (i.e. the poster) rather than the publisher (i.e. Andy), although it's normal to contact the webmaster if the work's author is not easily identifiable (e.g. text within the pages outside the forum where the author hasn't signed the page).Copyright arises when an individual or organisation creates a work, and applies to a work if it is regarded as original, and exhibits a degree of labour, skill or judgement.
You're misinterpreting!Millymollymandy wrote:Well I'm lost as to what I may or may not do. Can we do a link to someone's article on another site?
i.e. someone has asked for websites with clear pictures of foraged food - I was going to do a link to an article that Cab did on Downsizer but now I guess I had better not.
So how do we help people if we can't put links to articles on other web sites? Lots of the forums I go on have links to articles in newspapers or other websites for discussion too.
I don't quote people who have written bumph on forums on other forums though.
I didn't realise this was all about you. But it applies to everyone.Stonehead wrote:You're misinterpreting!Millymollymandy wrote:Well I'm lost as to what I may or may not do. Can we do a link to someone's article on another site?
i.e. someone has asked for websites with clear pictures of foraged food - I was going to do a link to an article that Cab did on Downsizer but now I guess I had better not.
So how do we help people if we can't put links to articles on other web sites? Lots of the forums I go on have links to articles in newspapers or other websites for discussion too.
I don't quote people who have written bumph on forums on other forums though.
You can link to other websites - that's nothing to do with the copyright issue.
What's been happening is that people have copied my posts, in their entirety, and then posted them in other forums. That is a breach of copyright.
If they'd used a quote (ie a short section of a post), attributed it to me and/or Selfsufficientish, and linked it back to the original post on Ish, then that would be okay.
With photos, don't use someone else's photo on Ish or your own site without their permission. What you can do is link to the page with the photo. (Linking direct to the photo - so there's no context - is not a breach of copyright but it is bad netiquette.)
Hope that makes sense.
PS I have 20 years experience of copyright law in various countries and across all media while the OH, before becoming a teacher, studied law.
Does it make a difference if it's about me? No. Does it apply to everyone? Yes.Millymollymandy wrote:I didn't realise this was all about you. But it applies to everyone.
So if I went on another forum (this is theoretical of course) and put in a link to a posting you made on SSish, that would be OK?
Not sure what the problem is here. Yes, every author owns their own copyright unless they assign or licence it to someone else. So, Cab has copyright over his work wherever it appears, just as you do too.Cos that is the same as doing a link, from here, to (for example) Cab's article on Downsizer. He has as much copyright over that article as you do over yours.
I'm not referring to recipes - I've had posts on education, crofting, parenting and pigs lifted and posted elsewhere.However I think that where repices are concerned, they are being copied all over the internet including this forum without giving the original author any credit!