A question about © (1 Viewer)

[MickeS]

I know what it means, but how can what it protects be used? A lot of time I see text or images on the web that's been copied from somewhere else, and the person who puts it on his/her webpage just puts © after the text/picture. Does that mean that it's OK to use the it, if you just say who the copyright belongs to?

/Mike

 

[Joseph Young]

MickeS,
Although I work for an IP Law Office, we primarily function within the procedures of the USPTO (patents, trademarks). Copyright is somewhat of a different story.
Go here for a good general explanation of what you are asking about.
From nolo.com : Copyrights are

names, logos, and other devices [that big business uses] to identify their goods and services in the marketplace.

I am certainly not an annointed expert on filing and registration protocol however (after all, I scored a paltry 108 on the IQ test in the After Hours thread).
Cheers,
Joseph

 

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