Thursday, January 27, 2011
A legal guide to the internet?
So....I started to get into this blogging thing, and thought that I might start another blog. After I created the blog, I realized that if I wanted to post pictures or logo's, I might be making some copyright violations. It got me thinking, how in the world did so many people create their websites and blogs, without running into trouble with copyright violations? Sure, its easy to go ahead and do the research to make sure that you are not violating any copyright laws. I am guessing, however, that of the millions of people out there that are constantly blogging, many of them don't even consider that they are treading over copyright issues. This got me thinking even further; why aren't people formally educated to inform them what they can and cannot do. Is there material out there that alerts the common person of potential legal issues that can arise from their actions? If not there should be.
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I'm in Eric Johnson's intellectual property class and have the luxury of being able to answer some of your queries. More specifically that there is an exception to copyright infringement that includes fair use. So long as the person isn't profiting and can prove some fair use then they will fall under the exception and can use images and the like in their blogs. It is wise though to quote your sources!!
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