https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/ en Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:12:30 +0000 hourly 1 FeedWriter https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82608 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:12:30 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82608 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82607 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:53:35 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82607 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82606 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:10:28 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82606 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82605 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:28:15 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82605 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82604 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:47:49 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82604 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82603 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:58:44 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82603 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82602 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:30:37 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82602 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82601 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:27:01 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82601 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82600 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:38:13 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82600 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82599 Unless a site informs you that everything within that site is copyright protected then you can use anything in their site for your own gains as long as you don’t imply that the work is originally yours. To sue for plagiarism is much easier than sueing for copyright violations across state and country lines. The internet is a source that one pays for to gather information, so unless a site lists its self as being protected before letting you enter, or you fail to add an ever so tiny disclaimer that some of the work within your site isn’t your own you can copy anything you find. MY REPLY: I am part of a nationwide real estate networking group, and everyone in the group blogs. We have dealt with this issue and some of the senior members organized an online meeting for us to discuss copyright issues concerning images. You will want to read this... Bottom line is this, if I create an image and put it online, it is automatically copyrighted and I can sue anyone for using it. Attorneys joined us online for our meeting and confirmed this. We were told..."if you didn't create it, or take the picture yourself, DO NOT use it unless you have written permission." The problem is this...there seems to be a large number of people who now make their living by posting unmarked (in terms of copyright notice) images and embedding traceable codes, then wait for the images to show up, then track down the offender and sue them for rather large sums of money. One of the Realtors in our group has a huge problem with other Realtors stealing her images, and she aggressively goes after them. The more they fight her, the higher the amount. She is usually willing to settle for $3000-$5000 dollars, but one fee was close to $40,000 for violating her copyright. This is not a game to be played, as those who are making a living at this are very serious, and there is a lot of people playing this game on the web. BE VERY CAREFUL.]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:22:59 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/screen-dash/#comment-82599