Cels Forum

Sure, if you make a screen capture, scan an image from
a book, format an article in html and put it on a webpage,
make a midi or other sound files from a song, you own the
resulting document.

_Whatever_ you had the right to do it because the
content is copyright is another matter. That's two
totaly differant question.

Actualy, even the method of storing data may be copyrighted
and so you wouldn't have the right to use, for example,
a "gif" file. (I am speaking of "gif" on purpose : The
owner of that format (compuserve I think) was at one
time speaking about licensing any technology related
to making gif. So you wouldn't have had the right anymore
to use this format without a license. I dunno how it's
ended.

Also not that someone doesn't have to put an explicit
copyright on his webpage to protect it. It is by
default. Sure, the problem may be to prove that you
are realy the author of that document. (by document,
I mean html page but also pictures, sound files or
whatever). In the case, it isn't too hard...

Cheers,
Yann Stettler

(and what you say about the licensee is totaly wrong.
Take a book, video or whatever that was imported and
translated : the licensee as his own copyright added
to the original one. As long as the image you used
is coming from their produce (which may or may not
be easy to prove), they can sue you.)