Don’t Just Copy Whatever You Find to Your Site

Copyright is really not that tricky. If you didn’t create, build, or write the content you’re about to put on your web page, then you are almost certainly violating someone’s copyright. Just because someone posted an image or wrote a blog and put it on the web does not make that image or text “public domain” any more than displaying the photo in an art gallery or the text in a magazine.
Learn more about copyright on the web, read the full article: Copyright on the Web
Questions and Answers About Online Copyright

• Are Web Designs and HTML protected by copyright?
• If something doesn't have a copyright notice, can it be copied?
• I want to build a site like ____, would that violate their copyright?
• How do I fight online copyright infringements?
• Is free content a good idea?
• Why do people steal web page content?

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