Why is it so hard to make people understand about copyright? There is so much misunderstanding and outright ignorance of it out there...
Oh just a fall out from the great picture hub controversy. People are convinced if a picture does not have a watermark that it's free for the taking. And then there are the other people who just copy and paste text from other sites. Luckily, this time it's no one taking my work...
My understanding may be way out dated. Doesn't putting a 'c' into a circle, copyright any kind of art work, including written?
It should, but actually if you publish something it is copyrighted to you, with our without the mark.
My knowledge of copyright law is limited, but some is pretty obvious.
Years ago a young gal renting a room from me copied one of my poems. She put it on a poster as a gift for her sister. She thought I would be flattered.
Would you e-mail to me a very honest critique of my work? You have already read it. I know you have an opinion.
I have to shut down the computer. I am getting an alert about vertual memory. I sincerly value your opinion. I can take it, really.
I give up. I am tired of banging my head against the wall trying to explain to people about copyright. Let them find out for themselves what can happen...
Please do explain this. I responded with my limited knowlege, what am I missing?
Sorry, I wasn't talking about you
That was a lousy thing for someone to do with your poem. I feel the same way trying to explain to some people about copyright.
She never did understand. Probably had no idea that it was wrong. Accually I was more upset with the invasion of privacy, the poem was personal.
I know the feeling. My roommate read my diary once, I have never forgotten it even though we are still friends.
She actually went into my room, and found it in my desk. Needless to say, she was asked to find another place to live.
At least she could have asked first, that was more important than the copyright issues.
She was also ignorant, which does explain a lack of manners.
Uninvited, I would like to learn more about copywrights.
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by moonlake 12 years ago
This place ehealthydietblog is taking recipes off our hubs and it ranks as number one when I searched for one of my reicpes. You know it would get the views before we would with the ranking it has.
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by Nell Rose 8 months ago
About ten years ago I put a picture on a hub. It was from public domain.i received a copyright threat from the owner through a German solicitor. They are demanding money out of me! I explained about public domain, ten years ago, etc. I just got a reply demanding 300 pounds! I told them I think it's...
by Mazzy Bolero 12 years ago
What sites offer downloads of your hub pictures without your permission and what do you do?After the new Google Algorithm I tried searching google for my name on Hubpages and after seeing all my comments listed, but only one hub, I came across a site called "realmadridwallpapers.org"...
by Victoria Van Ness 9 months ago
Why are people being such jerks about recipe pictures?So first I just post a fished product picture like you find on any other recipe site and people complain I don't have step by step pictures.Then I post step by steps from Flickr.com and people complain that I obviously can't cook because I'm not...
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