Make Money from Blogs » Fair Use http://earn-cash-tips.com Articles on how to improve your money making abilities Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:19:22 +0000 en hourly 1 Search Engine Optimization Tips and Tricks – Learn how to increase visibility in Search Engines – Part 31 – Observing copyright law http://earn-cash-tips.com/2010/05/search-engine-optimization-tips-and-tricks-%e2%80%93-learn-how-to-increase-visibility-in-search-engines-%e2%80%93-part-31-observing-copyright-law/ http://earn-cash-tips.com/2010/05/search-engine-optimization-tips-and-tricks-%e2%80%93-learn-how-to-increase-visibility-in-search-engines-%e2%80%93-part-31-observing-copyright-law/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 18:07:39 +0000 ashish http://earn-cash-tips.com/?p=450 Observing copyright law mean not seem relevant to a post on what is good Search Engine Optimization. And you might be thinking that with the need to get fresh content, what is wrong on taking some content from other sources and modifying them slightly in order to get fresh content for your site. However, keep [...]]]> Observing copyright law mean not seem relevant to a post on what is good Search Engine Optimization. And you might be thinking that with the need to get fresh content, what is wrong on taking some content from other sources and modifying them slightly in order to get fresh content for your site. However, keep in mind that Copyright Infringement can have serious legal issues, and if you are challenged, this can have pretty bad results for your site, and also on your rankings with search engine. So here goes some layman advice on Copyright Law (remember that for specific advice and queries on such a critical topic, you will need to consult a lawyer or expert and not depend on posts like this one). Here goes:
- You are allowed to quote sections from other posts or sites if these are meant for positive or negative acclaim, since this is covered under free speech
- However, for the above point, there are limitations. If you copy the main point of the other site or article, or copy huge sections of the other article, then it is beyond the fair use right and you are technically doing what some US courts have ruled as copyright violation
- There are many sites that allow the use of their material freely and you can use them in any way; however, keep in mind that just because a site or any kind of media does not have an explicit copyright, they are free to copy. Sites that allow free copy should have an explicit point stating so.
- You can even use company logos or names in your posts, subject to the same condition as above; you need to use them for acclaim or review; but you cannot use them for any kind of commercial purpose without approval from the owners of the company logos or names
- Quoting additional material from other sites beyond review fair use needs approval from the owners of the copyright
- There can be many different kinds of copyright notices, so you need to check about the kind of copyright notices that are present on the site from where you are planning to get content to ensure that you are doing the right thing
- If people come after you alleging copyright infringement, then you can be in serious trouble; especially if they come after all your hosting service or going after search engines where your site is ranked
- Hence, be very careful about the type of content you are using from other sites, do not look at this content as a way of filling your content needs; only use content under fair use

]]> http://earn-cash-tips.com/2010/05/search-engine-optimization-tips-and-tricks-%e2%80%93-learn-how-to-increase-visibility-in-search-engines-%e2%80%93-part-31-observing-copyright-law/feed/ 0 Copyright debate: What does fair use mean ? http://earn-cash-tips.com/2009/09/copyright-debate-what-does-fair-use-mean/ http://earn-cash-tips.com/2009/09/copyright-debate-what-does-fair-use-mean/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:05:33 +0000 ashish http://earn-cash-tips.com/?p=192 For a blogger out to make name / money / success from blogging, there is nothing more important than having good content, making sure that this continuing ability to get good content is available, and this content is as exclusive as possible. That last point is where one trips up, since copying content from somebody [...]]]> For a blogger out to make name / money / success from blogging, there is nothing more important than having good content, making sure that this continuing ability to get good content is available, and this content is as exclusive as possible. That last point is where one trips up, since copying content from somebody else and using it as your own is a pretty simple activity. If you want to stop somebody from doing this, there is a certain amount of effort that is required.
And in some cases, you get people who have taken a small excerpt from your content, and point to the remaining content on your own blog. Now, there is a topic called fair use that is bandied around pretty easily on the internet without people really knowing the boundaries, as well as the cases where fair use has not been deemed right.
So, let’s start with a fairly common sense definition (and since I am not a lawyer, you should take anything said in this article as common sense, not legal advice). Fair use is meant for the case when somebody wants to use your work to do a review, praise or criticize. That is allowed and perfectly legal, but what is not allowed is to copy the main few concepts from your content and use that under the guise of fair use. When somebody uses a small section of your content, they are actually using your content to create new content, not creating a copy of your content.
To get more ideas, refer to the linked article (link to article) that explains the various concepts under fair use, as well as what would be considered right or wrong. You will get to understand more about what typically weighs in the minds of those who have to take a decision as to whether something is fair use or now.
In most cases, an important first step, if you want to use somebody’s else concept for fair use is to ask for permission and / or review the license under which the content is posted.

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