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This goes for anything like this - including artworks!
When somebody buys your artwork they are simply buying the picture not the "rights" to reproduce in anyform etc. The copyright is always held with the artist. In the case of death unless previous legal arrangements have been made the copyright is with the next of kin!! Whether they know it or not.
posted by
blueskys
on January 20, 2004 at 3:06 AM
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(Please note that BN customer service cannot provide legal advice, but we will do our best to answer these questions as clearly as possible.)
First of all, as explained on the Copyright help page, writers always own the copyright to their work. This is a fundamental principle of Blogging Network, since it gives writers complete control over their work. The Shaycom copyright notice refers to the site; it does not mean that Shaycom owns the copyright to any writer’s work.
One issue that may be causing confusion is “license” versus “copyright”. As described in the Terms of Use, writers grant Shaycom a license – not the copyright to their work! The license is designed to protect writers, since it only allows the work to be displayed on Blogging Network, and does not allow the work to be published elsewhere without the writer’s permission.
Secondly, Shaycom does not provide “incentives”. As explained on the Earnings page, readers pay writers; Shaycom simply adds up the payments and distributes them to each writer.
Finally, as described in the Terms of Use, any changes to the Terms of Use will be posted to the news page, so it is not necessary to monitor the Terms of Use.
We hope this is helpful. Legal agreements can be confusing, but we are continuing to work to make all of the available information as clear as possible.
posted by
BlogitStaff
on January 18, 2004 at 7:05 PM
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It's not true that the copyright notice wouldn't protect against
Anything. I don't mean that. It should stop people from copying and publishing without permission, except to comment on something that they didn't like.
posted by
WindTapper
on January 18, 2004 at 11:39 AM
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