Copyright Internet Laws – Your Ultimate Guide By Michael P At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

No matter how free we are, there will always be laws with regards to ownership and copyrighting, even on the World Wide Web that we can’t avoid. We cannot deny that with the internet, people from all over the world have the ability and the skills to post, distribute, or redistribute works to others all over without the slightest bit of sweat, which is why these laws are created and enacted to prevent such infringement from happening. But despite the creation of these copyright laws internet, there are still those that are able to outwit and evade the consequences of stealing other people’s work on the internet. If this is what’s happening to you, this article is going to give you simple tips and a general idea of what you can do to protect your rights even while online.

First things first, anything that is posted on the World Wide Web is still considered as “published work”. This could be anything from actual e-books, essays, articles, and written works to visuals like photos, videos, games, and the like. One these works have been published online, the author, artist, photographer, etc have the right to claim ownership and copyright their works to protect them from unauthorized usage from other internet users. They have the right to take action whenever their works have been infringed and redistributed without proper permission. Once this internet law has been violated, then here’s what you can do:

• As of today, the best and most effective way to enforce copyright laws internet is through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. This act was created and enacted for two main reasons:

o To protect the rights of internet users in terms of copyrighted works and ownership over the World Wide Web.

o To provide immunization to internet service providers for liabilities that could be used against them due to violations and copyright infringements, which have occurred in their systems and networks.
• After locating the website where your work was re-posted or redistributed again without your permission, you can take down the name of the culprit, the URL of the website, and all other important information that could help track where the violation was done.

• You can then file a complaint or a DMCA letter to the internet user’s ISP or internet service provider as well as major search engines such as Yahoo and Google. Usually they have the authority to impose consequences in order to be able to warn or eventually prohibit the violator’s use of the ISP’s network.

This is just one of the many ways to enforce your copyright laws and practice your rights to ownership both offline and online. If you think that more information is required to solve the problem, you can search through Google or Yahoo for websites that can provide more information, step-by-step instructions, and the like with regards to copyright infringement and what you can do to prevent it from happening to you. If you have been violated already, then you must take action to be able to enforce your rights as author, artist, photographer, and the like against violators all over the world.

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