Module 3 - Legal Issues

This is an interesting topic because there is a fine line when it comes to copyright online and with the massive range of information how is everyone supposed to keep up with what is being published? Is there a way of protecting copyright in such a huge medium like the internet?



To find out more about how it is protected i went to the suggested Copyright Website!

So basically everything can be copyrighted online except for ideas, titles & names & short phrases. This is interesting, so my website BuyMyPet for instance, i cannot copyright the idea of selling pets & pet goods & services online through a third party medium such as us OR i can't copyright our title buymypet but i can copyright the logo we have created? right? The guidelines do not seem to be fine tuned enough.. So i looked further into the Fair Use Test. Ok so if someone pretty much took our logo and used it for commercial purposes i could sue them? Well that is good to know :) I also quickly went through the How to file a copyright to ensure we have copyrighted our site correctly, based on these facts stated at benedict i am safe! Phew! I decided to check out the copyright legalities in Australia by Copyright Agency Limited. This site is also good as it explains how you cannot copy other users materials & how to protect your site from nasty copycats! I think i would go MeNtaL if i saw my logo elsewhere, wouldn't you just flip out!!!!



So in answer to your questions...

I checked out Curtin's copyright & policy documents to see if i can find whether we are allowed to include the Curtin logo in an assessment? After much searching around i finally found the logo use procedure which defines that the Logo cannot be used as it is a registered trademark and if you wanted to include the logo you would need to get prior approval from the Executive Director of Corporate Communications. Therefore it cannot be used as it is protected from unauthorised use.

I have not used any images or words in my blog or webpage that contravene these laws of copyright. I have only provided links to other peoples sites which is just sharing more information.