copyright question

jaarius

whats the deal with copyrighting a website?

can you just put ye olde copyright 2003 or do you have to register with some body?

also whats the deals with a copyright being out of date? like the bottom of any boards.ie pages says 2000 - 2002 (at the time of posting)*.

these were asked of me and i was stumped.

*not looking to steal boards.ie crap or anything its just an example.

cheers
jaz?

p

Work has copyright by default.

Putting copyright on a website realistically means nothing it just hammers home the point that it's not free for the taking.

Copyright last a certain amount of time. In some countries copyright on books for example lasts for 50 years after their death.

After that the work becomes public domain.

- Kevin

Snowball

most stuff like that has a shelf life though. patents have a life of 25 years I belive

You can copyright something that is unique and original but I think that it has to be unique and original. Found this, kinda revevanthttp://ntrg.cs.tcd.ie/undergrad/4ba2.02/copyright/abstract.html I could not find anything else but if u look you should find stuff on the legalities of it

jaarius

thanks snowball

its just for a small business website and i didnt have a clue really.

jaz?

Evil Phil

The last time I checked, under Irish law, you hold the copyright to anything you publish online. National law, however, is limited on the interweb.

p

This will help you out:
http://www.patentsoffice.ie/
http://www.european-patent-office.org

Remember the laws differs quite a bit in different countries.

Also remember not to confuse copyright,patents & trademarks. (o:

G'luck,

- Kevin