Protection From Ebaums Theft
Created on: July 27th, 2006
Chose what license is right for you at http://www.creativecommons.org
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"They are creating a world where you have to copyright your sh*t or else they can take it free of charge"... eh... It's always been like that. So actually they're not doing anything illegal if it's not copyrighted. Also, you can't just put a little sign for it to actually be copyrighted. It doesn't work that way. Sorry.
Hey guys. I actually have a creative commons on my artwork and writing, and so far it's working for me. If I show a host my license, then the person who did not credit me (the atribution) will have a much greater chance of their account being removed. Please note that creative commons is NOT a copyright. It is a license. It's basically a "This is what you can do with my crap. Disobey and I am allowed to get pissy and/or sue." If you have any other questions, just ask me.
Actually, just to note, anything you create is by international convention considered to have a common law copyright. The general difficulty in such a thing is proving the date in which the item was created, which is usually most easily done by sending yourself a sealed envolope so you have the postmark as proof in case you bring it to court. Creative Commons merely seeks to more accurately spell out the terms in a more concrete fashion. More intimidating to a would be theif.
CC is not copyright, so no I am not confused how copyright works. CC means they CAN use it but they have to credit to you for creating it. Things are not automatically copyrighted in legal terms as soon as you make it. Copyright is where you register that the item actually belongs to you therefore people need your permission to reuse it or else they are punishable by law. Hope that clears up the confusion of what CC is and what copyright is for you CitrusFreak1, idownvotethieves, and others.
Uh. I suggest the site creator familiarize himself with the Berne Convention. Creative works are copyright the creator the instant they're brought into being. Creative Commons is a _particular license_. You may as well replace "Creative Commons" with "GNU Free Document License" -- it'd be every bit as nonsensical. Reserving vote until later.
This won't make a difference. Ebaumsworld lies about whether or not someone gave them permission to use something, or failing that they just say "oh, some anonymous person gave it to us without crediting anyone." Unless you have the money, patience, and inclination to sue ebaumsworld over it, it doesn't matter how much copyright protection you put on your stuff, he'll steal it if he wants to.
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