COPYRIGHT ZOMBIE

DESIGNING A DIGITAL PORTFOLIO
CHAPTER 12
COPYRIGHT & PORTFOLIO



There's a lot of toes to step on in the area of copyright protocol. Not only do you have to be careful not to step on them - but also watch out no one steps on yours!

COPYRIGHT:
"Exclusive rights to an identifiable expression of intellectual property, as definded specifically by the government that grants the copyright"
-pg238, Designing A Digital Portfolio, Cynthia L. Baron

TRADEMARK:
A logo or something similar that identifies an individual or group.

FAIR USE:
Certain things that can be called 'forms of expression' that use copyrighted material.

INFRINGEMENT:
Violating copywrite protocol. Stealing what another has already deemed copyrited material.

CEASE AND DESIST ORDER:
You are forced by legal order to stop using copyrited material --- wich usually ends up with a large fee ):

Ok, some of these still seem a little 'on the boarder' for me. Especially fair use. I've been taught about copyright several times and I know most people, like myself, are still not 100% sure what is really copywrite infringement and what isn't.

LOL @ 'Orphan' projects
I love the description of this:
"An orphan project is one where the client no longer exists. There is little chance that the client is going to rise from the dead, grasping for rights with its mummified hands."

I'll infringe on copyright laws JUST to see that happen.

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This is actually really spiffy - if you click the color cube - it becomes this 3d representation of the color wheel and you can select a 'layer' of it and then zoom in to see each color on that layer.