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Common Copyright Myths

I found this picture of Chicago skyline online. The whole world can access it.  It is everyone’s to share, isn’t it?

My girlfriend just had her first story published.  We are planning to make copies to share with our families at Thanksgiving.  We can make as many copies as we want.  The story is hers and she can do with it whatever she wants, right?

Our book club just read a novel that was adapted to the movie screen.  We will have a movie night in our neighborhood park and watch the movie there on a big screen. We are not selling tickets for the movie, so this is allowed, correct?

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These and many similar myths are heard quite often in everyday conversations.

Copyright guidelines are sometimes hard to grasp. Or, confusing. Or, forgotten. Accessibility of published works in online platforms is often mistaken for free reign of use.

How do you do your research when looking for new information?

  • Images are protected by copyright law. Always check the Terms and Conditions of the website where you located the image to check whether you can reuse freely, or how to obtain permission to reuse it.
  • Once you publish a work, be it a short story, a scientific article or a novel, you sign off the copyright to the publisher. Even you as the author can no longer freely make copies to distribute. Permission is needed.
  • Videos are protected by copyright law. Public performance rights are needed in order to play the movie in a public venue.

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