Just a couple of things regarding copyright that if 'The Bish' should 'take on board' before he keeps issuing threats to all and sundry.....
Do I always need permission to
copy or use copyright material?
No - there are some exceptions to
the copyright owner’s rights. For
example, you may be allowed limited
copying of a work for non-commercial
research and private study, criticism
or review, reporting current events,
judicial proceedings and teaching in
schools. But if you are copying large
amounts of material or making many
copies, you may still need permission.
Also, you will usually need to include
in your work an acknowledgement of
the name of the copyright work and its
author.
What about marking my work
and enforcing copyright when I
put it on a website?
When you put your work on a website,
it is probably a good idea to mark
each page of the website with the
international © mark followed by your
name and the year of publication. You
could also include information on your
website about whether and how far
you are happy for others to use your
copyright material without permission.
Although material on a website is
protected by copyright in the same
way as material recorded on other
media, you should remember that
people have access to websites all
over the world. This means that if
material on your website is used
without your permission, you will
usually need to take legal action in
the country where this use has taken
place. As a result, enforcing your
copyright when you have made it
freely available on a website is very
difficult.
