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phaedrus
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
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 Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:50 pm Post subject: Blog Copyright |
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Do blogs protect copyright? I want to start one, but if I'm using it as a publicly accessble source of my ideas, I would like to protect my ideas.
I know Shawner88 turned his blog into a book. I would like to think the writer can protect his work, but at the same time I think on this message board Dave owns all our ideas. Yes, I know the difference between a blog and a message board. |
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Zenpickle
Joined: 06 Jan 2004
Location: Anyang -- Bisan
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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I forget which case it was, but the U.S. Supreme Court has stated that you do not need to register a copyright to copyright it. A work is protected from the moment of inception.
For added protection, put a copyright notice at the bottom of your site. |
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phaedrus
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Zenpickle.
Since 10:00AM I also found other stuff. I want to start a blog, and want to protect my work. Sounds like it's already protected. Not that anything I will write will be particularly brilliant, but you never know.
Blogger Terms of Service:
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| 6a. CONTENT OWNERSHIP Unless stated otherwise for specific services, Member will retain copyright ownership and all related rights for information he or she publishes through Blogger or otherwise enters into Blogger-related services. |
Blogger Help, "How do I post a book?":
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| In the byline section, you can remove the <$BlogItemDateTime$> tag to take out the time stamp. I also changed posted by <$BlogItemAuthor$> to display a copyright symbol, the year, and my full name, like this: © 1765 by <$BlogOwnerFullName$> |
Creative Commons:
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| Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright — all rights reserved — and the public domain — no rights reserved. Our licenses help you keep your copyright while inviting certain uses of your work — a "some rights reserved" copyright. |
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fandeath
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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What would you, or could you do really if you did find someone stealing a few lines.
I think the copyright laws protect the companies, not the little guy. Who has the resources to pursue someone legally for stealing your blog idea?
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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What would you, or could you do really if you did find someone stealing a few lines.
I think the copyright laws protect the companies, not the little guy. Who has the resources to pursue someone legally for stealing you blog idea? |
I've done a handful of rather legendary thing on the internet, a couple from my Usenet days. From time to time I find someone reproducing my work without credit. But what can I do?
Sometimes it's complimentary if they're merely reproducing my work with "this is the funniest thing I've ever read". One guy took something I wrote about Star Wars and reproduced it in his movie zine. He honestly had no idea who wrote it and commented if anyone knew the author they should contact him for credit. What impressed me was he just didn't reproduce what I wrote but he added to it and made it much better. I emailed him, with links to the original usenet version. He was quite apologetic but I really had to compliment him for improving on the original.
There was a famous stink early on. A guy who maintained a FAQ about beer for a usenet group devoted to beer one day found his FAQ reproduced word for word in a book about beer. He, of course, contacted them about this unauthorized use... Yeah back then people just assumed the Internet was like making a speech in a public place. People in that case are free to video tape and rebroadcast your speech. But what they forgot was the Internet, although it viscerally feels like speech, is in fact a print medium and governed by those laws. |
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phaedrus
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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This is more commercial, and I think unless you have your own internet space you are subject to this if you use Blogger, because you need a blog location, or a blog spot.
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5. CONTENT SUBMITTED TO BlogSpot
Pyra does not claim ownership of the Content you place on your BlogSpot Site. Pyra may quote or reproduce small portions of your content (if you have made it public) in order to promote your BlogSpot site and/or the BlogSpot service, but only on a fair-use-type basis. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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What are you putting in this blog?! The meaning of life or some ramblings about Korea?  |
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phaedrus
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| What are you putting in this blog?! The meaning of life or some ramblings about Korea? |
Nothing less than the meaning of life. It's going to make me millions. 
I just want to protect my work. I know shawner88 made a book from his blog, and if there were some odd copyright clause in the blog agreement, they could take the book and market it however they want.
I want to make a career out of writing, either through fiction, not likely, or through criticism and teaching about what I write. Ideas are very important. |
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The King of Kwangju
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: New York City
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