Do not post Copyright Materials in Forum

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:48 pm

Hello,

Do not post copyright material in this forum.

Posting anything that is copyright material may generate a warning or a ban.

If a user is licensed for any product i've ever used, the material is available from the vendor.

h.dinesh · New User Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 46 Location: Chennai

Hi Dick,

What about if a posted link refers to a copyright protected material? Though it is protected but since it is available on the internet there is high possibility of reaching the site through a search engine. So can we post them?

mcmillan · Site Admin Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: India

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:38 pm

Hi Dinesh,

Thanks for your follow-up.

Even if copyright material is posted "out there" somewhere, it is better is we do not post links to it here. If our users want to, they can search the web, but we do not want to encourage distributing copyright material on this site. If they really should have the material, it is very easy to get it from the vendor - usually, it can be done from the desktop, eliminating the need to wait for the cd n the mail.

As McMillan posted - when found they will be removed.

Be well

superk · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:18 pm

Also, it may be possible that the site owner has received the proper authorization from the copyright owner to be able to re-distribute those materials. Those rights don't extend out to other web sites.

h.dinesh · New User Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 46 Location: Chennai

Point noted...Thanks for clarification...

superk · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:56 pm

Dick, just a thought, but would you consider screen snapshots to be Proprietary/Copyrighted?

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:31 am

Well, if they were from a copyright publication i suppose so.

If they were from an actual user screen, probably not (unless the copyright was shown on the screen).

Not a legal opinion, just MHO.