Am I breaking the law?

SevenEleven SG

ST 24 Feb 2007 Pg S4

Am I breaking the law if......

Q: I take the content entirely from CNN's website and stick it on my own, crediting CNN and giving a link to its site?

A: information found on resource and news webite necessarily contain copyrighted material. As such, the owners and controllers of the resources website are free to grant (or prohibit) its viewers an express licence to reuse the resource.

In the case of CNN, it would seems that unless you obtain express permission to publish (uploading information onto the internet publication in the eye of the law) CNN content on your own personal website, you will be breaching copyright.

However, if it is placed on your website for the purpose of criticisms, or the reporting of current events, you could argue that your actions consistute Fair Dealing, provided sufficient acknowledement is made.

Questions : What about articles from ST Forums or CNA news being posted on sgForum? Has the law being broken?

the Bear SG

technically yes..

but as said, fair dealing is part of it... if they enforced it totally, we can't even the reports out loud if someone else is around...

which is why always add what you think about the report, your own thoughts about it and cite the source...

SevenEleven SG

ST 24 Feb 2007 Pg S4

Q: ....I take an online picture from a website, photoshop iy as a joke and put it on my website?

A: Photos are copyrighted and therefore the mere fact that it is altered or done as a joke is immaterial - it would consititue copyright infringement under the Copyright Act.

However if you obtained the photographs from a "royalty-free" online resource, you would be free to alter or post it on your website

Questions: What if other post photos and claimed it as himself in sgforums and someone photoshop it. who's at fault? the one who post or the one who photoshop or both? the "your website" - is sgforum considered to be one?

hisoka SG

talk about stupid laws Laughing

Chuichi Koshiramaru SG

Yeah, isn't news free?!

SevenEleven SG

ST 24 Feb 2007 Pg S4

Am I breaking the law if.......

Q : ...my PDA phone automatically latches on to a neighbour's Wi-Fi and piggybacks on its signal?

A: "Mooching" is an offence uncer Section 6 of the Computer Misuse Act. However the provision seems to suggest that the act must have been carried out knowingly. As such, if you turn-on your device when you do not have a wireless internet account in your home, you would be commiting a criminal offence.

Question : Can the neighbour be free from blames for the "mooching"

SevenEleven SG

does sgForum consistitue to "your website". i can see that there are forumers photoshoping photos. they could land themselves into big trouble

the Bear SG

i've always believed you cannot be charged from going into someone's house if that person leaves the door wide open...

i've turned off the AirPort function on my iMac.. each time i turn on my computer, i get asked if i want to join in about 10 signals.. and i've looked.. NONE of them even have the basic password protection...

so, whose fault is it if the computer automatically piggybacks one or more of them?

SevenEleven SG

goodness. reading the ST on the topic "New Media New Criminals", pratically everyone is commiting an offence
Shocked Shocked Shocked

the Bear SG

well, i am going to jail on 8 March Laughing

but only to visit

SevenEleven SG

Laughing

NotFromVenus SG

Yah time to turn yourself in , and go to the nearest police station and surrender with proof that you have broken laws.

Twisted Evil

mr_sotong SG

jus follow law la.. Laughing

Chuichi Koshiramaru SG

Don't look back when you come out. Laughing

LazerLordz SG

The laws have to change to move on with society's behavior. What constitutes a crime yesterday, should not be today.

FireIce SG

tts why i dun encourage copying wholesale and paste here for discussion

start ur own topic..........................

CoolMyth SG

Almost everything on the internet is copyrighted in some way or another. Laughing

It all depends on what is the content of the copyrighted material.

For example, if you compare an upskirt video to a video of our PM's mai hum, you know who's going to go after you.

iveco SG

Some articles are worth discussion, though. We post it here to let others know that certain things exist.

<Precious> SG

In the scenario you gave, there is bo straight answer as in legal cases, much depends on all the circumstances of the case. Generally, there is a breach of copyright if you plagiarise someone else's work which has been registered to be protected by a copyright as your own.

Thus in your case, it appears that a newspaper article being merely will not constitute a breach if that same article repreoduced has not been registered a copyright. It seems quite difficult for the news article to be registered for a copyright as it will be difficult to declare the originality of that work and its uniqueness. ............... Mr. Green

ndmmxiaomayi SG

If you come across anything labelled under Creative Commons License, you can copy, and MAY edit. Click on the Creative Commons License logo provided on the site, and it will tell you what license it's using. When unsure, just copy only and provide a link to where this article was obtained from. Owners who use this license are fine with that.

Since sgForums isn't owned by you, you don't have the liability. But, there's one clause which will make it your fault.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this BB and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).

Question : Can the neighbour be free from blames for the "mooching"

Technically, yes. The laws here are pretty ambiguous on this issue. There's no stating of whether it needs to be done on purpose or accidentally. Either way, to be sure, just turn off your wireless when you are not using it or change Windows settings. Tell it not to connect to any other wireless networks except yours.

In Linux, I don't believe there's such thing called accidental, because Linux is not automatic for this sort of thing. Maybe I'm wrong, because I'm using Ubuntu. Those using other distros can correct me.