WinCustomize Policy on Copyright
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Each website no the Internet has to wrestle with the issue of copyright. This is our policy.
Fair Use
Skins, themes, icons may use content created by others for the purposes of making what is popularly considered "fan art". So if you want to make a Star Wars based wallpaper or Superman skin you may do so. We reserve the right to remove it in the event that the owner of the trademarked or copyrighted material objects (for instance, Marvel objecting to non-licensed use of Marvel characters) but in general we will accept skins, themes, icons, and wallpapers that are fan art as long as the user uploading them created it. Taking someone else's Batman wallpaper and uploading it is not going to be accepted. Creating your own Batman wallapper would be accepted.
Ports
Porting skins and themes created by others for a different platform or program is acceptable. Ports are often a great way for new skinners to learn how to skin. My first skins were ports. However, you must get permission to port the skin/theme from the original author in order to distribute it. Porting of operating systems is generally accepted and would fall under the "fan art" rules.
As a general philosophy, skins and themes that highlight and promote favorably an existing thing that is already known to people is acceptable. That is why we accept fan art but why it's not okay to take an individual's skins and port them without permission.
Reply #2 Tuesday, November 9, 2004 8:24 PM
Copyrights not withstanding, Logons, Bootskins and Wallpapers in particular are moderated for 'quality' as well.
For example, too often a Logon is nothing more than a single wall image inserted and nothing else. That isn't 'skinning' .... that is 'background replacement'.
Walls are a priority target for 'moderation' as without same there would be an insurmountable flood of exceedingly average images purporting to be wallpapers.....
Reply #3 Tuesday, November 9, 2004 9:28 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, November 9, 2004 9:33 PM
No...I'm not making 'assumptions', I am making generalisations.
There's a difference.
This thread is not for specific instances to be debated. Emailing a moderator is the desired approach....however I've checked that specific one for you and it's up now....
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Reply #5 Tuesday, November 9, 2004 10:18 PM
Reply #7 Thursday, November 11, 2004 5:31 PM
Porting of operating systems is generally accepted and would fall under the "fan art" rules.
Huh? What does this mean?
Reply #8 Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:08 PM
Reply #10 Thursday, November 18, 2004 8:22 PM
Reply #12 Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:24 AM
| either that or a dirty snitch |
or maybe I have respect for the artists that create original content who have to post their stuff along side the cut-n-paste screenshots from games and images from other sites type of crap that some people post here.
Reply #13 Thursday, November 25, 2004 12:57 PM
Reply #14 Thursday, November 25, 2004 4:10 PM
Diafragma....yes they can....provided one of two things happens...
1. it is your own wall image [and you say so].
or
2. You get consent to distribute from its owner....just like any other copyright situation.
Yep, this stance may be uncommon and you get away with it on other sites but so too can you get pirated skins on other sites....same copyright issue...
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Reply #1 Tuesday, November 9, 2004 7:13 PM