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Dragging Sarah Michelle Gellar onto your desktop.• No copying of articles from magazines. Again, get permission from the magazine and/orauthor.• We can’t reproduce Tom Jones’s lyrics. We would need to seek permission from the publisher.(I know these last two points aren’t related to graphics, but I feel it’s important toinclude them.)This isn’t an exhaustive list of what you can’t use, but it should just be enough to give you anidea.“What can I include, then? This Tom Jones site is going to be a bit dull!”You can basically include anything that you’ve created yourself or have permission to use.This may include:ATPM 6.04 ← 60 →Columns: Copyright

• The photo you took of Tom Jones when you met him on holiday. (Note, however, that inthe US and some other countries you may need to obtain permission whenever youreproduce someone’s likeness for any commercial purpose, and most non-commercialpurposes, regardless of whether you own the copyright. This is a different issue fromcopyright, so I won’t be covering this here. Seek legal advice for more information.)• A picture you’ve drawn of Tom Jones.• Any written work you’ve produced about Tom Jones.One thing I’ll say about written work is that although you own the copyright to anything youwrite, you still have to watch that you’re not publishing anything libelous, or infringing anyone’strademarks. (For example, Mickey Mouse is a trademark of Disney.) These are differentmatters from copyright, so I won’t go into these here.There are also “Fair Use” clauses to most countries’ copyright laws, which are, unfortunately,not very clear-cut. Such clauses generally allow you to quote small parts of a work, for thepurpose of, for example, a review or comment. This is the part of the law that allows Amazonto print pictures of album covers on its site.I admit this all makes it difficult for anyone who runs a fan site and wants to stay on the rightside of the law. It’s a difficult area. One good thing, though, is that your site will have lots oforiginal material. This will makes it a site worth visiting, and make it stand out from others.“What can I do, though? I can’t draw or anything, and I really want to use that buttonfrom that Web site.”You have a few options. Why not send an email to the webmaster of that site? Explain thatyou like the button, that you’d like to use it on your site, and that you’ll provide a link andcredit. You may be surprised. Many Webmasters will be flattered and say, “Go ahead!”When I’m not writing and directing graphics for ATPM, I draw caricatures of celebrities. Iput these up on my own Web site for people to look at. Occasionally, other webmasters emailme and ask if they can use my (for example) Britney Spears caricature on their Web site.Most of the time, I’ll say “Yes” on the condition that they credit me and provide a link. But ifI find one of my images on a Web site where the webmaster hasn’t sought permission, I’ll beATPM 6.04 ← 61 →Columns: Copyright

• The photo you took of Tom Jones when you met him on holiday. (Note, however, that inthe US and some other countries you may need to obtain permission whenever youreproduce someone’s likeness for any commercial purpose, and most non-commercialpurposes, regardless of whether you own the copyright. <strong>This</strong> is a different issue fromcopyright, so I won’t be covering this here. Seek legal advice for more information.)• A picture you’ve drawn of Tom Jones.• Any written work you’ve produced about Tom Jones.One thing I’ll say about written work is that although you own the copyright to anything youwrite, you still have to watch that you’re not publishing anything libelous, or infringing anyone’strademarks. (For example, Mickey Mouse is a trademark of Disney.) These are differentmatters from copyright, so I won’t go into these here.There are also “Fair Use” clauses to most countries’ copyright laws, which are, unfortunately,not very clear-cut. Such clauses generally allow you to quote small parts of a work, for thepurpose of, for example, a review or comment. <strong>This</strong> is the part of the law that allows Amazonto print pictures of album covers on its site.I admit this all makes it difficult for anyone who runs a fan site and wants to stay on the rightside of the law. It’s a difficult area. One good thing, though, is that your site will have lots oforiginal material. <strong>This</strong> will makes it a site worth visiting, and make it stand out from others.“What can I do, though? I can’t draw or anything, and I really want to use that buttonfrom that Web site.”You have a few options. Why not send an email to the webmaster of that site? Explain thatyou like the button, that you’d like to use it on your site, and that you’ll provide a link andcredit. You may be surprised. Many Webmasters will be flattered and say, “Go ahead!”When I’m not writing and directing graphics for ATPM, I draw caricatures of celebrities. Iput these up on my own Web site for people to look at. Occasionally, other webmasters emailme and ask if they can use my (for example) Britney Spears caricature on their Web site.Most of the time, I’ll say “Yes” on the condition that they credit me and provide a link. But ifI find one of my images on a Web site where the webmaster hasn’t sought permission, I’ll beATPM <strong>6.04</strong> ← 61 →Columns: Copyright

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