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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
