Images and videos....it seems like everyone is using images on their sites that they did not create, share photos and videos that do not belong to them. No one really cares about it that much...why is that? There are probably 50 sites i can name right now that make $xxxx per month and use copyrighted images and videos.
Well, I would think that there are people who comply and there are people who just have no regards for the law and try to push the limit and assume that they can get away with it.
Lets say your copyright is only valid in the US.. but the person that stole your material is from Nigeria. Your copyright isnt worth the paper its printed on in countries like that.
there is too many loopholes right now, the web is basically a free for all and probably will remain so for the next few years until stricter controls are put into place. Words and info care changed so easily, you can create a product or website, copyrite it just to have someone else rip it in their own little way. look at coca cola and pepsi, the broadest way to look at it.
Most guys aren't really aware that something called copyright exists in the first place. The net being the big place that it is, policing can be difficult. It is practically impossible to hunt down every site that uses your images without your permission. Thirdly, asking people to remove the images in question can be time consuming, and many people prefer to ignore it. So the guys who blatantly ignore copyright never get caught and they continue doing it. Plus there are lazy people who do not want to work for stuff. or want it free. And there are others who know that it is wrong, but simply do it to show that they do not follow rules
When it comes to dealing across borders, copyright will be hard to enforce. Particularly over the internet - it can be a real problem.
Copyright is valid everywhere, but usually no one bothers to take legal action against smaller copyright violators (for time and cost reasons) and thus many people do not care about copyright.
So true. I see threads here like "hey can i take this and use it on my site like i created it?" and they are totally serious. Then people answer "oh yeah, that's fine to steal their stuff."
There's too much copyright theft for it to be taken seriously. If multi-billion dollar record companies can't do much to stop people from stealing music, what good is a guy with a camera and his images? ;]
It's simple. The world is full of uneducated people. I don't mean that in a bad way. Most people just don't know. However, many do and don't care. It's been that way for a long time and it's not just the Internet. However, the Internet has helped the situation grow quicker and larger.
too much trouble, you have to firstly find where your stuff is stolen at, then you have to get info on the person that stole it, make sure its right. Then the person could be far away in some countries without any laws preventing this. And if you do go after them, you can't be 100% you are after the correct person for there are proxies, someone could be using someone else's comp (i.e. a library). bottom line its too much to get too little. An email is enough, but if what they stole is so serious, you could try to go after them.
My guess is people tend to take internet as the virtual world where law is hard to enforce. Host server may be in one country, webmaster operates from another and copyright owner is in another country. Which country's law is going to applicable? Where was the crime committed?
The main problem is that many people just aren't informed enough to understand copyright issues. Most people have the perception that if it's on the internet you can do whatever you want with it (which is definitely not the case!). The second thing is that it's [too] easy to do Just copy and paste, upload to your site and you are set. The fact that most copyright violations go unpunished (due to too much effort etc.) definitely doesn't help the matter much. The only time when people actually feel the impact of copyright violations is when they are on the receiving end [your greatest article/image has been stolen]... it's only then that they understand why copyright is in place, and should actually be considered.
I believe it is due people adding "this site is copyrighted" when it is not. Of course, you have a right over your original works, but if there is no a real registration at the corresponding bureau, people find easy ignore any copyright statement
I don't mind. When I get through law school and into IP law practice, I plan on profiting from all of these people (perhaps you) that infringe on other people's copyrights and trademarks. More infringers = more profit potential. That's why the IP field is booming.
All material is copyrighted as soon as it's created, the fact that the copyright isn't registered doesn't mean that the site is not copyrighted. The reason copyright is ignored is because it's just too difficult to track all the offenders, and those you do find aren't worth pursuing in a court of law.
Mystique illustrates a good point. If Mystique believes that only specifically registered items are copyrighted, then Mystique would feel free to copy anything that doesn't say it is copyrighted, or anything he/she doesn't believe has been registered. And Mystique is wrong. The previous poster is correct. All material is copyrighted the instant it is created. There is no legal requirement to say it is copyrighted. If you didn't create it yourself, and it hasn't been specifically offered for free, you can't copy it without the permission of the creator.