[Elecraft] Copyright images used on YouTube "The Elecraft Band" without permission

[G4ILO]

HS0ZCW wrote:
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> The status of copyright on open sites on the Web are a good question. The
> old (prior to Internet) rule was easy.... any work given away to the
> public lost its copyright protection. Example: a poet hands out copies of
> his poetry to public on a street corner. He loses his copyright then and
> there. I think the same applies to open sites where all the material is
> offered "free" to the public... that is, no payment back to the
> originator. The attachment of the C in a circle and the correct words of
> Copyright, name, and date, may provide some protection, but even then the
> excerpt taken must be substantial and not trivial (usually determined by
> shortness or length of excerpt). Citation of the original in short bits of
> the original likely also cover the possibly offending user. Basically,
> anything on the Web in open public sites can be used with very small
> danger of legal action against the copier-person. Further, the original
> owner must often prove MEASURABLE damages from the copying.... not easy in
> many cases. Consult your lawyer. 73 Charles Harpole k4vud at hotmail.com
> Charles Harpolek4vud at hotmail.com
> 
I have "Copyright © 1998 - 2007 Julian Moss, G4ILO" in the footer of every
page of my website. But this is mainly to discourage blatant rip-offs of my
material. Some people have copied whole articles from my site, and even
linked direct to the images. I really don't have an issue with a fellow
hobbyist using pictures from my site (though an email asking permission
would be a nice courtesy) but direct linking to files really annoys me
because it uses my bandwidth which costs me money.

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