Is material found on the internet affected by copyright?
Answer
Materials found on the Internet have the same copyright protection as print materials.
Copyrighted materials include:
- text
- graphics
- images
- sound
- video
- news
- games
- web postings to newsgroups and e-mail messages.
Before copying information found on a website, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
Consider providing a link to a website's home page, rather than copying the digital content. Generally, it is not considered a copyright infringement to link to the home page of a website.