Comments on: Copyright 101 for Bloggers, Give Credit Where Credit is Due http://www.blackweb20.com/2010/03/10/copyright-101-for-bloggers-give-credit-where-credit-is-due/ The premier destination for African-American’s in Technology and New Media Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:10:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guest http://www.blackweb20.com/2010/03/10/copyright-101-for-bloggers-give-credit-where-credit-is-due/comment-page-1/#comment-36533 Guest Fri, 21 May 2010 20:50:18 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=12872#comment-36533 Do you have permission to use the image at the top of the post - the Monopoly Chance card? Do you have permission to use the image at the top of the post – the Monopoly Chance card?

]]> By: The Global Grind and The Practice of Content Scraping « Black Web 2.0 http://www.blackweb20.com/2010/03/10/copyright-101-for-bloggers-give-credit-where-credit-is-due/comment-page-1/#comment-35987 The Global Grind and The Practice of Content Scraping « Black Web 2.0 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:12:15 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=12872#comment-35987 [...] Content Scraping is in violation of U.S. Copyright Laws if the scraper did not receive express permission from the Copyright Owner to use the work.  The U.S. Copyright Act clearly states: any person who exercises the exclusive rights of a copyright owner, without the copyright owner’s express permission, is an infringer of copyright.  17 USC sec. 501(a). Some Content Scrapers will give credit to the author or link back to the original content.  However, giving credit is never a substitute for asking express permission to use the work.  I discussed this issue here. [...] [...] Content Scraping is in violation of U.S. Copyright Laws if the scraper did not receive express permission from the Copyright Owner to use the work.  The U.S. Copyright Act clearly states: any person who exercises the exclusive rights of a copyright owner, without the copyright owner’s express permission, is an infringer of copyright.  17 USC sec. 501(a). Some Content Scrapers will give credit to the author or link back to the original content.  However, giving credit is never a substitute for asking express permission to use the work.  I discussed this issue here. [...]

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