Huge post about copyright and your rights, what you should know if you are posting online.

The second step in dealing with content theft is clearing up some major myths about copyright, copyright violations, and the Internet.

* Going after someone for theft and copyright violation is NOT time consuming or expensive.
* It does NOT require a lawyer.
* It might NOT require anything other than some simple actions.
* The protection of copyright laws should NOT be left to the “companies with the money”.
* Protecting and defending copyrights is NOT complicated.
* WRONG: The companies with money think nothing of violating copyrights, so there is nothing to do about it.
* WRONG: Everything on the Internet is/should be free.
* WRONG: You put it on the Internet, what do you expect?

Don’t understand what is and is not copyright protected and how it works? Check out Introduction to Copyrights and 10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained. Also check out the Copyright Crash Course.

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