Re: Permission on the Web

Subject: Re: Permission on the Web
From: Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 05:24:58 -0800

>If I find artwork or material at a site that I would like to use in my
>own material, do I have access to it? Does the "fair use" provision
>apply here?

It's protected by copyright. The fair use doctrine applies to all copyright
matters.


>Is it legal to just borrow what I find on the Web?

If you mean republish without permission, the answer is no.


>And if you do find a site that is has the copyright sticker on it,
>what then applies?

The same law. Original work is fully protected with or without the "sticker"
but it's harder to collect damages.

You can always put a link at your site pointing to the material you like.
Doing this without permission, however, invites responses from mild
annoyance to outright retalliation. ...RM

Richard Mateosian http://www.c2.org/~srm/ President, Berkeley STC
Freelance Technical Writer srm -at- c2 -dot- org Review Editor, IEEE Micro


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