Internet is a great medium for expressing publishing and selling your products. It is easy to put up any thing on the internet. Now the Authors do not have o wait for months and years for their work to be published, on internet any one can publish their writing within seconds and there is a whole world there to look at it instantly.
However more easy it is more easy it is to be stolen and reproduced. People take lot of things for granted Pictures Writing work and videos are easily copied over and over by internet users some times for fun and some times for financial gains too.
Copyrights in Dubai & Pakistan are well placed however due to lack of knowledge not many people take benefit of laws of copyrights in Pakistan & Dubai
Here is th text taken from web site of Washington State university this explains the Copyrights over the Internet in detail. Read the original article here http://publishing.wsu.edu/copyright/internet.html
How the Law
Applies to the Internet
Internet technology is
developing faster than the laws
that govern it. New laws that
apply to the Internet have been
established either by
legislation or the courts;
copyright laws are among them. A
common myth about the Internet
is that anything posted online
can be copied or downloaded. 1
In truth, anything you see on
the Internet has the same
potential of being protected by
copyright as anything you see in
the library or bookstore. Under
modern copyright law, the
formalities of registration and
copyright notice are no longer
required. As long as material
satisfies three elements,2
copyright protects the work
automatically. See What
Copyright Protects.
Surfing the
Net
It is helpful to understand
how the copyright statute works
to see clearly that the law
applies to the Internet. The
copyright statute is triggered
by the unauthorized act of
copying, publishing, performing
(by digital means or otherwise),
displaying in public, or
revising (make derivatives) any
copyright protected materials.
See Artist's Exclusive Rights.
Your PC automatically makes
copies when you surf the
Internet in various ways. There
is a good essay about this
process by Ronald B. Standler.3
He explains that copies are made
at least four different ways
when accessing the Internet. One
way copies are made is by simply
viewing a page on the Internet.
This causes a copy of that page
to be made and stored in the
Random Access Memory (RAM) of
your PC. Browsers also make
copies so you can return to a
site faster. This is technically
sufficient to trigger the
copyright statute. Does this
mean that everyone who merely
surfs the Internet is liable for
copyright infringement and risks
being sued? No, because of
Implied Consent.Legal scholars
argue that that anyone who posts
content on the Internet expects
people to visit their site. They
know that visitors' PCs will
make copies in the process, and
the Web site host grants
visitors an implied license or
permission to make those
copies.4
Downloading
on the Net
Downloading content from any
Web page is the equivalent to
making a copy of the content,
the same as making copies of a
book in the library. It makes
sense to presume that by doing
so you will infringe the
copyright of the author of that
content. To comply with
copyright law, you must receive
permission from the copyright
holder before you download any
content. The exception to this
is Fair Use. As in copying
printed material such as books
in the library, you will not
need permission if you qualify
for Fair Use. The complexity and
uncertainty of a Fair Use
analysis make it both risky and
cumbersome to apply to small
projects involving borrowing
Internet materials. Some Web
sites expressly give permission
to download content. For the
most part, if they tell you that
you can download from their
site, you can. That is, if they
hold the copyright to the
content you want to use.
Using
Educational Materials from or on
the Internet without Permission
In education, there are many
Internet materials that could be
used as teaching aids for a
class or for an application in
research. But it is not always
possible or economically
feasible to get or pay for
permission. If you qualify for
using materials without
permission under the TEACH Act,
then you also can use online
materials in a face-to-face
classroom setting.5 If you are
concerned about using TEACH
procedures—as are many
universities—there is always
Fair Use. Most of the Fair Use
factors that apply to printed
media also apply to the
Internet, with the exception of
posting materials on the
Internet. This will, in most
instances, disqualify you from
Fair Use by itself. You must get
permission to post other
people's work on the World Wide
Web. Posting anything on the
World Wide Web is the same as
publishing or distributing it
worldwide, and publishing and
distributing is the most revered
of the exclusive rights of
copyright holders. Why would
anyone buy a book at a store if
you could simply download it
from a Web site? The best way to
qualify for Fair Use when you
want to post other people's work
online is to use a
password-protected Web site
where only the students enrolled
in a class may view the copy.
You should also take
technological steps to prevent
students from copying the
materials, such as using a
streaming process.
File Sharing
Presently, the most flagrant
copyright-infringing activity on
the Internet is sharing music,
movies, or software. The music
and movie industries are
aggressively pursuing those who
are downloading music or movies
in file sharing forums such as
peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.
Thousands of lawsuits have been
filed in the United States and
many other countries in the
world. See Downloading or
Sharing Files/Software. Students
who use the University's
Internet service to download or
upload music, movies, or other
unauthorized materials face
consequences including being
sued by the RIAA or the MPAA and
losing a lawsuit that costs you
thousands of dollars, being
charged with criminal
violations, or serving prison
time. When copyright
infringement, through file
sharing or otherwise, occurs on
the University Internet service,
WSU is also vicariously liable
for copyright infringement. It
is in violation of the
Electronic Publishing and
Appropriate Use Policy to
download or upload materials
from the Internet without
permission. Any one on campus
who is discovered engaging in
this activity is required to
take a class in copyright law
and may lose their Internet
service.
Summary
The same laws and penalties
that apply to making illegal
copies in the library or any
where else apply to the
Internet. When using the
University Internet service on
campus, it should be remembered
that any one who infringes the
copyrights of others not only
violates federal law, incurring
significant civil and criminal
liability, but also violates the
University's Electronic
Publishing and Appropriate Use
Policy.
Research
Links
www.fplc.edu/tfield/copynet.htm
www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm
www.internet-law-library.com/
www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/osp.html
www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/
www.edwardsamuels.com/illustratedstory/isc5.htm
www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/useofnet.htm
www.isoc.org/internet/law/
www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/4851
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