Comments on: “Copyright ©” the most 2 useless words on the web? http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/copyright-%c2%a9-the-most-2-useless-words-on-the-web/ Get your web worker news fix Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:12:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kamephis http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/copyright-%c2%a9-the-most-2-useless-words-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 Kamephis Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:02:42 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=847#comment-1715 I don't agree with you. A simple example: My company spends a lot of money to a lawyer for making our terms of conditions and legal agreements. A competitor copy & paste it into their page, without paying for it. That's not what the internet stands for. I don’t agree with you. A simple example: My company spends a lot of money to a lawyer for making our terms of conditions and legal agreements. A competitor copy & paste it into their page, without paying for it. That’s not what the internet stands for.

]]> By: Sunny Singh http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/copyright-%c2%a9-the-most-2-useless-words-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Sunny Singh Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:25:43 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=847#comment-1556 I mostly agree with you, especially the part about mindlessly setting it in your footer. I constantly think about putting one whenever I remember to put a footer on a site, and sometimes the footer is just that, the false copyright. When I put one on my site though, what I mean is for people to link to my work and use it appropriately, and obviously not stealing something and saying you made/wrote it. It doesn't stop some people though, I found so many people stealing pieces of texts and even my terms where they just replaced my site name which they gave a billion excuses for. Seriously, how low can someone go? Even though it won't stop people, it's still a good idea to put one as a "warning" or disclaimer that people shouldn't copy your content. I mostly agree with you, especially the part about mindlessly setting it in your footer. I constantly think about putting one whenever I remember to put a footer on a site, and sometimes the footer is just that, the false copyright.

When I put one on my site though, what I mean is for people to link to my work and use it appropriately, and obviously not stealing something and saying you made/wrote it. It doesn’t stop some people though, I found so many people stealing pieces of texts and even my terms where they just replaced my site name which they gave a billion excuses for. Seriously, how low can someone go?

Even though it won’t stop people, it’s still a good idea to put one as a “warning” or disclaimer that people shouldn’t copy your content.

]]> By: Cedric Dugas http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/copyright-%c2%a9-the-most-2-useless-words-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1287 Cedric Dugas Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:08:30 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=847#comment-1287 @Michael: Thank you for the link, I will put the site under the licence @Michael: Thank you for the link, I will put the site under the licence

]]> By: Reedo http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/copyright-%c2%a9-the-most-2-useless-words-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 Reedo Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:04:56 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=847#comment-1286 To me, the "copyright" text is often useless simply because the owning entity doesn't and won't opt to pour resources into investigating and enforcing the copyright. The copyright is essentially toothless. This is why it matters for the FSF to take legal action against GPL violators; as a copyright license, if the GPL's terms are never enforced, it may as well not exist. To me, the “copyright” text is often useless simply because the owning entity doesn’t and won’t opt to pour resources into investigating and enforcing the copyright. The copyright is essentially toothless. This is why it matters for the FSF to take legal action against GPL violators; as a copyright license, if the GPL’s terms are never enforced, it may as well not exist.

]]> By: doobrey http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/copyright-%c2%a9-the-most-2-useless-words-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1285 doobrey Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:55:50 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=847#comment-1285 Keith is correct. It's an intrinsic right and it is not necessary to explicitly state it. 'copyright ©' is also wrong since '©' is short for the word copyright, as is '(c)'. Only one of 'copyright', '©' or '(c)' should be used. Keith is correct. It’s an intrinsic right and it is not necessary to explicitly state it. ‘copyright ©’ is also wrong since ‘©’ is short for the word copyright, as is ‘(c)’. Only one of ‘copyright’, ‘©’ or ‘(c)’ should be used.

]]> By: Michael Gregoire http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/copyright-%c2%a9-the-most-2-useless-words-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 Michael Gregoire Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:12:00 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=847#comment-1283 Why not use a Creative Commons license to be even clearer about your intention of allowing users do whatever with your content? That's why CC was created. http://creativecommons.org/faq Why not use a Creative Commons license to be even clearer about your intention of allowing users do whatever with your content? That’s why CC was created.

http://creativecommons.org/faq

]]> By: Dave http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/copyright-%c2%a9-the-most-2-useless-words-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Dave Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:39:22 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=847#comment-1267 I kinda agree, I never stopped to think about this, that said I will not stop putting them there ;) I kinda agree, I never stopped to think about this, that said I will not stop putting them there ;)

]]> By: Cedric Dugas http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/copyright-%c2%a9-the-most-2-useless-words-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Cedric Dugas Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:05:20 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=847#comment-1245 I think, your are right, the way I turned this line was a bit too much, I wanted to put emphasis on the fact that you could use this website content for what ever you want, not put emphasis on the fact that the reason you can do this is because I have no copyright. I think, your are right, the way I turned this line was a bit too much, I wanted to put emphasis on the fact that you could use this website content for what ever you want, not put emphasis on the fact that the reason you can do this is because I have no copyright.

]]> By: keith http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/copyright-%c2%a9-the-most-2-useless-words-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 keith Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:58:49 +0000 http://www.position-absolute.com/?p=847#comment-1244 "Position Absolute is my first website to not have those words. It means you can use, copy, clone whatever you want. " Are you sure about that? It isn't the presence of "copyright (c)" that creates the copyright, nor that restricts anyone's entitlement to legitimately copy or create derivative works. If you mean to put your work in the public domain I think you do need to explicitly say that (or use a Creative Commons license, which gets its power from the fact that you do own the copyright, unless you give it away or sell it). “Position Absolute is my first website to not have those words. It means you can use, copy, clone whatever you want. ”

Are you sure about that? It isn’t the presence of “copyright (c)” that creates the copyright, nor that restricts anyone’s entitlement to legitimately copy or create derivative works. If you mean to put your work in the public domain I think you do need to explicitly say that (or use a Creative Commons license, which gets its power from the fact that you do own the copyright, unless you give it away or sell it).

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