How I can copyright a website's content? Where I should apply? Is it free or not?

The copyright of eg. content(text) is automatically on the authors side. Either graphic, layout,...
We´re putting a little graphic-tag over our images to protect them against copying.

The lower code should prevent right-mouse-clicks.

<!-- put intoHEAD-->

<script type="text/javascript"> 

<!-- 

function SetLink() 

{ 

document.getElementById("link").style.display='block'; 

return; 

} 





//--> 

</script> 

<!-- end Head-->



<!-- put into BODY-->

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

<!--

if (document.layers){

window.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN | Event.MOUSEUP)

window.onmousedown=rightclick;

window.onmouseup=rightclick;

function rightclick(e) {

if (e.which == 3) {

alert('Ooops!!! Right mousebutton pushed!');

return false;

}

else {

return true;

}

}

}

if (document.all){

function click() {

if (event.button==2) {

alert('Ooops!!! Right mousebutton pushed!')

}

if (event.button==3) {

alert('Ooops!!! Right mousebutton pushed!')}

}

document.onmousedown=click

}

// -->

</script>

<!-- End Bodypart-->



 

and the following puts a transparent gif over your image:

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100" height="100" background="your image to protect.gif">

<tr><td>

<img src="transp.gif" width="100" height="100" border="0">

</td></tr></table>   

Create a transparent gif named transp.gif.


ak

you have this on your at/klimawandel/ site ... right click works fine

Besides, anyone wanting to take stuff knows right mouse click is only one way to view the source...

what does the transpartent gif do? grabbing the url from the code will sidestep that as well...

You can't stop people nicking your content

what you can do is press charges against those who infringew on copyright theft.

You'll need to know the rules and laws that govern copyright in your own country, and how that may be affected by people in other countries.

You can use copyscape.com to find your content on other websites

Most of the right click code doesnt work cross browser, my gwema site is right click protected in ie but not in netscape and firefox. The best thing to do is stop right clicking as above... use the transparent gif.... as above and when you find someone with your images... slander them on every forum you can until they admit defeat.... AArgh says the SA pirate.... cuz we aargh.

there's no point disabling right click

1 - js may be turned off
2 - top menu > view source still works
3 - top menu > file > save; open in notepad
4 - home made bots and spiders can still scrape

All you do is piss off the user, who may just be wanting to use 'properties', 'shortcut' or 'add to favourites'

there's also CTRL+A for all on screen content

I know there are many... many ways around the right click java, it is merely a way of letting people know that you dont want em to take your pics... which you may have spent hours on, sometimes they dont read the pages so they wont notice if a "dont copy my pics" sign is up and just carry on grabbing. My theory goes that if they are willing to make that extra bit of effort to jack my pics... they obviously know better and are indifferent, which makes me feel a whole lot better about whatever action i take afterwards. Its like putting the cookie jar on the fridge, its one thing for people to just grab a cookie if its on the counter but another if they reach up and take em down.

The means justifies the end, and although i try make thing as simple and clean as can be for my guests... gwema (my site) is a free service and like everything thats free it has its quirks... mine is no right clicking. I could be doing alot more annoying things

I think everybody has there own fav scripts that nobody else see's the point of, mine is the no-right click script, and no worries chaps, it took a whole lot of convincing myself it should be there before i did it... cause as much as i hate to admit it, in most cases it is pointless (except for me, cause im special ).

I don't want to make my content non copyable. I only wonder how I can put (c) symbol like the "© Copyright 2002–2005 Rickard Andersson" in this page. I see a lot of sites are have something like this.

just use the code... like you had it here

© Copyright

© - use this in your html or the hex version - &...#...1...6...9...; (without the full stops) = ©

Ryan_steyn wrote:

just use the code... like you had it here

© Copyright

© - use this in your html or the hex version - &...#...1...6...9...; (without the full stops) = ©

Is it really enough?If so it is very easy.

Once again, I have to chime in on Northie's words...you can't stop someone from stealing your content or pics.

Graphics:  Most people will not go to the trouble of Photoshoping out a watermark and the only other worry is reproduction of images.  There is not much you can put on the Internet that is print worthy afterwards.

Text:  Forget about it....it's the Internet!  If you don't want to share it...don't type it in.

I have had website designs stolen a few times and I keep a close check on who is using my artwork.  I even had 'knock-offs' of my work being sold!  I deal with it as part of the creative businesses I am in.  I take as many pains as I can to mark the pics so I at least get free advertising.  And as far as the web designs...one 'I noticed' email (knock on wood), so far, has been enough.  They took down the websites and did their own work.

The Internet is a big place.  There is no way to know, if someone has taken your images.  In fact, a watch-dog group notified me about the art forgeries.  My time is too valuable to freak over it and go looking for days on end.

I peek to know what is going on every once in a while and then stick with my policy stated above...if I don't want it shared with the World...it doesn't go up.

Bj.

You are 100% right Bjer, i could not agree with you more if i typed that post myself. The internet: originally designed for the military to share information over a secure connection, now designed to share information between anyone and everyone anywhere. It was the internets original purpose and so it should remain.

Although I do feel that everyone is to their own, if you want to try protect your stuff, go wild, the reason i do it is purely because i enjoy playing with little bits of code that do cool things (plus i like knowing how badly someone would want my shtuff) . If I could create a site purely to mess with people while they try navigate it, I would and will (one day). And it will be very popular, people will send there friends to it just to mess with them. So essentially it is ones own perogotive (feel like britney spears saying that ) how they accept the reality of the internet.

It is however certainly not an issue that needs addressing, anyone claiming to sell website security to protect anything other than peoples personal info (bank, address, passwords... etc) and actually making a killing off of it... that is an issue worth addressing. So carry on with the sharing, talk about how you do it , copyright

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© Copyright 2002–2005 Rickard Andersson

anything that can be seen but by no means get worked up or worried about it. Worry about other things like... how to stop people like me making speeches in forums which may only help... someone other than you

Sis651... it is that easy really, i hope its useful.

Hi Ryan...I haven't been around much, as the vacation set me back and this is my busy time of year.
  How would one go about getting permission to use the animal images on your website for art reference material?  Are they copyright released?

sis651 wrote:

How I can copyright a website's content? Where I should apply? Is it free or not?

You can go about it legally by the following ways..  http://www.copyright.gov/

Better explained and a sevice; sometimes you need the ( R ) http://www.tmexpress.com/copyright.php

Now, depending on the country; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright this is a guide.

Yes, there are fee's but I've had it done for as little as $65.00 or so.

Also, if I'm not mistaken it's illegal to place the symbol on something / web whatever that is not copyrighted.

Hope this is helpful to you.

* Funny, if you look at the http://www.copyright.gov/ they did not copyright the site

I like the UK definition from wikipedia -work is automatically copyrighted to me as soon as it leaves my mind and takes physical form.

Thanks.

Work is copyrighted by default.  Adding the (c) and Copyright by is good, but not explicitly necessary.
Registring the copyrighted work isn't necessary either to obtain some copyright protection.  However, if you don't register the work then what you can recoup on a lawsuit is limited to actual damages.  If you register it before the copyright is infringed uppon I believe you can seek legal fees and punative damages in addition to actual damages.  And the rub is that if you ever do sue to protect a copyright, you have to register the copyright first (but you don't get the benefits because the offence took place before the copyright was registered)

So, If you really intend to spend the money on lawers to defend your copyright should the need arrise, it's a good idea to register it because you can recoup your costs of defending it.

(Disclaimer: I'm not a lawer and the above is just my understanding of the copyright law, however flawed it may be)

-Tim

Tim,

That is my understanding as well, after doing a bit of research.  In the US at least, the work of any author of anything creative is automatically protected by copyright whether they register or not.  Additional benefits accure to those who go to the trouble of registering the copyright.  A claim for copyright infringement can be made, however, in either case.  Sometimes, making such a claim is enough to curtail bad behavior, or at least encourage 'thinking twice' before swiping stuff.  Caveat - I am not a lawyer (nor do I play one on TV) but deal with copyright issues in my business.

sis651 wrote:

How I can copyright a website's content? Where I should apply? Is it free or not?

Under the terms of the Berne Convention, copyright is an automatic right of the author that exists from the point that 'a work is first recorded on some manner', (i.e. from the point you write the code).
Most countries are signatories to Berne, (but if you want to be sure, there's also a full list of countries at http://www.copyrightaid.co.uk/copyright … ignatories)

Quote from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_registration

'The actual issue is whether the author has evidence to prove their claim to copyright, (or if the author is a US Citizen, whether a suit can be filed in court), and this is why registration is used.'

So registration is not about obtaining copyright (you ALREADY have that), it's about ensure you can prove 'you wrote it first' when some guy steals your content.

Coming from the UK, I have used the UKCS http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/ to register my sites, (they are a lot quicker than the 4-6 months you wait for the US Copyright Office).

Oh... for the record, I never use the right click javascripts, they are easy to get around, and as I find them annoying when I'm browsing, I won't inflict them on others.

you have the rights, but unless you have the time and $ to enforce it - then there is little you can do other than live with it.