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on them like a ton of bricks. (We’ll be covering the protection of your own copyright later.)So just ask. They may say no, but there’s no harm in trying.“That’s all very well with somebody’s homepage, but I don’t think Fox will let me usetheir Buffy pictures.”No, probably not. But remember, Fox doesn’t own the right to every picture of SarahMichelle Gellar or Anthony Giles Head. Magazines will often carry articles and features onSarah Michelle Gellar, where they have some lovely photographs of Ms. Gellar. Why notcontact the magazine and ask their permission to use their pictures? A magazine isn’t aslikely to allow you to use their images as keenly as an amateur webmaster, but persevere.In your request, make it clear that you don’t intend to make a large profit from these picturesor your Web site (but only say this if it’s true). Make it clear that you’ll credit the photographerand magazine, and provide any links to any relevant Web sites. Make sure that the letteris professional looking, too. This will help your cause. Again, you may have no luck, but justkeep trying—one day you may hit the jackpot!“OK, I’m convinced. What if I’ve created some of my own work. How can I stop othersfrom ‘borrowing’ it?”There are a few things you can do, but due to the nature of the Web, a lot of it boils down totrust.One important thing you can do is put a copyright notice on every Web page and every largeimage. Although you own the copyright to any work you create the moment you create it, it’sstill important to include the copyright notice. In most countries, it may not be needed, butin other countries, the lack of a copyright notice can make your work “fair game.” As theWeb is world wide, your best bet is to cover all eventualities.A copyright notice consists of the name of the copyright owner, the date of first publication,and either the word copyright or the © symbol. Note that you cannot use (c) instead of ©—this is fairly tempting in HTML, I know. You can use the word copyright instead of the symbol,but this may not cover you in all territories.ATPM 6.04 ← 62 →Columns: Copyright