Copyright or not?
Using wallpaper downloads from movie sites.
Monday, July 28, 2008 by Wolf-Shade | Discussion: New Users
I have never posted before, but go back to WB version 1.x. Have faithfully used WB ever since.
The question I am curious is that I have made a Joker vista logon from a modified wallpaper from the official movie site and was wondering about the copyright rules for posting. I liked the xp logon by Z(+)Diac 'Jokerized' but I run Vista.
It came out well, and thought others might appreciate seeing it or using it if they like the new Batman series of movies. Kinda my tribute to Heath Ledger.
It is designed for my laptop with a res of 1920 x 1200. I am not sure how it would scale on other resolutions. Any help here would be appreciated.
Thanks for reading.
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Reply #2 Monday, July 28, 2008 7:53 PM
Any site/source of images/walls etc will have a TOU [Terms Of Use] for its content...aka Copyright limitations.
Almost always that will mean/be 'free for personal use' which public redistribution [in modified form] here or on any other site is not 'personal use' but is in fact 'public distribution', something equally almost always prohibited.
Check your source/site...sometimes they are hard to find...but the 'rules' will be there...
Reply #3 Monday, July 28, 2008 10:41 PM
Thanks
Reply #5 Monday, July 28, 2008 10:58 PM
It always makes my head hurt.
Reply #6 Monday, July 28, 2008 11:44 PM
Reply #7 Tuesday, July 29, 2008 5:16 PM
You could devide the two 'terms' up this way:
Fan Art
Art/graphics created (from scratch) based on a topic/theme/character
Permission required art/graphics
Art/graphics created/based on/modified from already existing art/graphics
Reply #8 Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:54 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:04 PM
It appears that it was created by someone as poster art. I am going to see if I can contact someone concerning it. It appears to have been posted with just a kudos for the creator.
Reply #10 Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:26 PM
Reply #11 Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:11 AM
http://www.superherohype.com/copyrightstatement.php
Your first stop for verification...
Reply #12 Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:19 AM
http://www.superherohype.com/terms.php
4. Our Proprietary Rights
Except for your User Content, the Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music, and User Content (the "Company Content"), and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of Company and its licensors. Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works from any materials or content accessible on the Service. Use of the Company Content or materials on the Service for any purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement is strictly prohibited.
Reply #13 Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:01 AM
Except for your User Content, the Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music, and User Content (the "Company Content"), and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of Company and its licensors. Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works from any materials or content accessible on the Service. Use of the Company Content or materials on the Service for any purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement is strictly prohibited.
In English, please?
Reply #17 Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:43 AM
Anything/everything on the site not added by a/any user is copyrighted to the company.
No one is allowed to do/modify/show/re-distribute anything with/from the content of the site
unless.....
you have their permission.
All that 'legal talk' cooked down to three simple lines
Reply #19 Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:24 AM
LMAO
Not everyone will get that reference
Reply #20 Sunday, August 3, 2008 8:36 PM
"yeah that sounds great! i created the poster using an official joker pic and a free picture from http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml as the main window/hand. that site is royalty free so it should be ok to use the image."
I will need to know if this constitutes 'permission to use', and do I still have to look into the "official joker pic" further. Although, to be truthful, the face is barely discernible.
Any and all comments are appreciated.
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Reply #1 Monday, July 28, 2008 7:26 PM