Stealing others' hard work is not a good thing at all.

It is not uncommon for people to steal others' work on the Internet.  Some do it for sheer meanness.  Some people just have no respect for others' hard work.  It's not fair to those who created the original work.  But it is against the law.

Copyright is important to many people.  Some of the work on the World Wide Web is original while some of it is not original.  Some people spend painstaking hours creating their webpages and graphics for the World Wide Web.  Many of those people use their mouse to create graphics.  It is not uncommon to see a graphic that is used on various webpages in different ways.

Many people violate copyright laws by taking music artists' works and remixing them.  This is not fair to the music artists who have spent hours and hours recording the song only to have them remixed by people for use on the World WIde Web.  It is in violation of copyright law.  A music artist's music is protected by copyright laws.  I refuse to use any midi files on my website.

I have put countless hours into building my website. I am very determined to protect my hard work from theft.  To protect my pages from copyright theft, I use the copyright statement at the end of each page.  I also let people know who built what on each of my pages.

It is OK to look at pages for ideas.  But it is OK not to steal anyone's work.

If you are found with someone's copyrighted work and claim it as your own, your webpage will be removed if you do not remove the work.

U.S. Copyright Office from the Library of Congress

This is the official information on copyright information for citizens of the United States.

What Is Copyright Protection?

This website offers information on copyright and the internet.  It is written by a licensed attorney.

CIM | Copyright Resources on the Internet by the Groton Public Schools in Groton CT

This page offers links to resources about copyright information on the Internet.