Copyright issues with website images/pictures

agh:(
okay i'll e-mail again and wait another couple of days.

Why are we then allowed to post any pictures we want in forums?
 
Hmmm... From what I've (quickly) read in the Copyright Act, it seems as though you might be able to link to a sites where the pictures are hosted, and include a caption of sorts to state where the link points.

However, reading the Act would clear up what jurisdiction such a website would fall under (if the artistic work you want to copy from is in the US, and your website is hosted in South Africa, whose copyright laws apply?).

This, while possibly a work-around for the Copyright issue, introduces other issues, which can be found here:

http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi

and specifically with regards to "inlining" images:

http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi#QID230

and:

http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi#QID710
&
http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi#QID861

Especially the last link, about the DMCA safe-harbor.
 
inlining (or hotlinking) images can have disastrous effects on your website - a line or two in the htaccess file and that cute picture of little red ridinghood turns into a goatse - so dont do it. ;)
 
bwana said:
inlining (or hotlinking) images can have disastrous effects on your website - a line or two in the htaccess file and that cute picture of little red ridinghood turns into a goatse - so dont do it. ;)
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Very true...

@ cashmoney:

It's not that it's necessarily such a mission. It just requires learning curve and a lot of reading (as does every new undertaking). You're doing really well: keep it up! Been following your efforts for quite a while now.
 
sn3rd said:
Hmmm... From what I've (quickly) read in the Copyright Act, it seems as though you might be able to link to a sites where the pictures are hosted, and include a caption of sorts to state where the link points.

However, reading the Act would clear up what jurisdiction such a website would fall under (if the artistic work you want to copy from is in the US, and your website is hosted in South Africa, whose copyright laws apply?).

This, while possibly a work-around for the Copyright issue, introduces other issues, which can be found here:

http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi

and specifically with regards to "inlining" images:

http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi#QID230

and:

http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi#QID710
&
http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi#QID861

Especially the last link, about the DMCA safe-harbor.
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If you are using something copyrighted in the USA, you have to abide by their copyright rules, even if you are using it in South Africa.
 
froot said:
If you are using something copyrighted in the USA, you have to abide by their copyright rules, even if you are using it in South Africa.
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@ cashmoney:
Well there you have it :)
 
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