Thread: ACTA = Global Internet Censorship – Foreign Govt Can Shut Down US Websites

When it comes to copyright laws I have often questioned whether to copy or paste an article onto our forum. There are laws and rules that apply. I do pay attention and have noticed more and more red flags on articles and have chosen not to post these articles.

To the everyday person these laws now seem like an attack or censorship and everyone is outraged, but in truth it is nothing new. I worked in Research and Development in the Electronic Industry. I remember when the internet, cell phones, etc. were dreams. When Engineers brought you diagrams of their dreams on napkins.

In this world copyright laws were enforced. I have seen cubicles sealed off from lawsuits over copyright disputes. I have seen personal notes and items seized. How many times did I have to send my documents to legal to make sure I was not breaking any law.

I have watched and wondered as I have seen these laws violated on the Internet and I knew it would only be a matter of time until it was reigned in.

My only suggestion to everyone is that they learn copyright laws

VHS tapes, audio cassettes, player/recorder etc. They lost those fights and they should lose this one. The only people who should ever get arrested for copyright infringement are those who profit from selling dups.

My whole LP collection was transferred to cassette tapes for my personal use. Now it's possible to transfer LP's to CD's and even MP3's using devices THEY SELL TO US.

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This is an example of what I have been noticing lately on certain news articles. When I see this I don't copy and post on our forum.

Montererysherry, thanks for the heads up on what to look for, I have honestly not paid attention in the past. When we copy and paste even a link I assumed since it was in a public paper, it was ok to do so, but apparently now some do not want it like that. Does this apply to links of that article? I would think posting the link is not copyright infringement since you are just linking people to the original article?...

AmericanElizabeth I am going to do some research, I know Copyright laws were changed last September. At one time we used copyrighted material as long as you stated it was copyrighted and gave credit to the source. But these new comments attached to the copyright is what is new and different. My concern is "This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redisbributed".

Originally Posted by MontereySherry

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This is an example of what I have been noticing lately on certain news articles. When I see this I don't copy and post on our forum.

I have noticed this as well and I thinkI have been but think I will do the same until we can find out for sure...I would have brought it over partially with a link but not sure if that apply's anymore either...maybe we need to further check this copyright thing out.

I have been trying to research all of the copyright laws and it get's really fuzzy. Infringement laws, fair use laws, and safe harbor laws all apply. Today I came across another copyright with the added text and noticed at the bottom of the screen the word share. Seems contradictory to me. I placed this in the hands of someone that can give us a definite answer until then I think we are safe to proceed as usual until we get a definite answer since from what I read we would have to be warned and given a chance to take down the article.

Originally Posted by MontereySherry

I have been trying to research all of the copyright laws and it get's really fuzzy. Infringement laws, fair use laws, and safe harbor laws all apply. Today I came across another copyright with the added text and noticed at the bottom of the screen the word share. Seems contradictory to me. I placed this in the hands of someone that can give us a definite answer until then I think we are safe to proceed as usual until we get a definite answer since from what I read we would have to be warned and given a chance to take down the article.

Thanks MontereySherry we really need to keep up on these changes

It all boils down to money. The only place I have seen this new added text are from certain Newspapers. With people no longer buying newspapers and instead getting their news on the internet news chains are losing money. I think they are trying to lay a legal foundation for stopping or controling their news articles.