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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2746557, member: 14873&quot;]What this is all about. First of all the usual disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and therefor those interested in this subject should use online search engines to seek detailed authoritative information. The <b>World Intellectual Property Organization</b> (<b>WIPO</b>) is an agency of the United Nations. Just about all of the member states are signatories and enforce compliance. It all boils down to this: </p><p><br /></p><p>All information posted online, textual or images -- whether accompanied by a copyright notice or not -- is the exclusive intellectual property of the originator (owner) and remains so until the copyright expires by statute (variable); the owner consigns it to the public domain or he/she sells or otherwise transfers ownership to some other person or entity. The copyright owner can also license usage under various conditions -- as we all do here to the board owner in accordance with the Forum terms of usage -- while still retaining copyright ownership. </p><p><br /></p><p>A problem occurs when an individual would like to use Copyrighted material under a license from the copyright owner (and avoid copyright infringement penalties) -- that procedure often presents great difficulties involving a great deal of searching and correspondence to obtain the requisite permission. Creative Commons licensing solves that problem -- and it is free![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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