Important Points:
- Author has a right to protest if their work is defamed or changed
- Copyright can be transferred, or sold to another party - they need to be legally transferred
- Copyright can go out of date (Life +70 years)
- To gain permission - contact the owner directly or contact the organisation or company who represents them
- You don't always have to ask for permissions but it's crucial if it's for commercial use
- Non-commercial, educational, research or private study does not require permission
Alternatives to Copyright
- Copyleft - A for of licensing and can be used to maintain copyright conditions for works such as computer software, documents and art - an author may give every person who review a copy of a work permission to reproduce, adapt to distribute it
- Creative Commons - non-profit organisation that provides a legal framework to allow people to share and remix legally
- Attribution by CC - Lets others distribute, remix, tweak and build as long as they credit you
- Attribution Share Alike - Like copyleft
- Attribution No Debrivs - Allows redistribution as long as it is passed along unchanged and credits you
- Attribution Non-commerical - Others can change and use your work but can't make money from it
- Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike - Other can change your work but cannot make money from it as long as they credit you too
- Attribution Non-commerical NoDebrivs - No money can be made, no changes and they have to give you credit
Previously, I did know a small amount about copyright due to studying Media Studies, however I definitely didn't know there were so many types! I think that it's really important to know about these different ways to protect your work and protect yourself from facing copyright issues in general. I also found it rally interesting how you could post your work to yourself that has been dated and this is proof you created it first as I had no idea that you could even do that as a way to cover yourself!
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