Introduction.
It is very nice to have your own Internet to stand online , and everyone who is busy with building will find out already rapidly thatit takes a lot of time and energy. Besides that it costs a lot of heart and soul and it isn't easy to be differently than all other Internet sites on the Internet. But affter a course of time people shall find you. After the first year of building and being creative you are being rewarded for your time you wil be noticed in the world of Internet. Visitors will sign your guest book, and give their appreciation for your work.
Introductie
Wow! Somebody is stealing my ideas!
Than suddenly you're surfing on the web, and you'll see somebody's website full of your idea's. (Images, photo's, drawings, poetry, scripts, etc.) No, that is funny. Some people take some time to work something very nice and trying to be original, dont want to be one of the many sites out of the gray mass. Other people dont think for own idea's or just are very lazy, by stealing other peoples ideas or work, wanna put their websites in just a few days together and yelling very loud "Look to my site, isn't it beautyfull?" We like to call it to flaunt with others feathers!
Stealing is a crime
Stealing is a crime. No you dont steal money,tou steal somebody's idea's and thats even worser. Its even forbidden by law. Many people think the internet is free of copyrights, and you can use everything you'll find on the web. Its a big misunderstanding. Even the searh engines have warnings to use material they're finding, eveything can be protected by copyright. Take some time to explore any website you're visiting and read their FAQ's or user conditions persuade yourself or the contents are realy free for own use. Besides that it is decent not to disabuse material for own use, and most of all respect!
Help! How shall I proceed?
example: If you make a poem, it is possible that somebody in the world find out the same words, you can make a fight about it, coincidental it is possible, but fighting is'nt a sollution for something like this. It just can happen. Its no big deal even. It should be a big deal if someone have 100 poems online, en more than 5 poems are (almost) the same. Than there is excisting an issue, you're dealing with a copycat.
Pictures. It isn't possible that there excist 2 same photographs on the world, its clear as water, you're dealing with an copycat! Using grapics. Yes, the same as poems. But, there is a possibilty that the graphic artist wil claim his rights on the image. Its very difficult to stipulate what is copycatting or not. Images circulating everywhere around the world, and if you'll find one, you cannot know which ones are truely free, or restricted. But if you'll see many images in one style, which clearly created by one artist, or compagny, be vere carefully! If the owner presents to you with a request to remove it, you should reply at once. If you want to play it save, than shoot your own photographs, draw your own pictures, create your own animated gifs, write your own lyrics, poems, dont copy from others, be creative. If you see something on a website where you are being very delightfull about it, take some contact with webmasters, just ask for it, is it their own idea, can you use it too? The least thing you can do is to make a referal, just leave an URL, or name from the original source on your linkpage.