ditto: IANAL

If the copyright issues, painfully raised by the net, in the U.S. aren't unresolved enough, the international implications are intense as well.

Some info on copyrights and fair use can be found Here as well as thousands of other places.

Not to make this any worse but the issues surrounding patent law have become incredibly obfuscated as well.

In fact, your example of the template issue may currently be affected by patent issues. Not a direct example, but within the last few days British Telecom has said they will seek a claim regarding hyperlink technology on the premise that they have a patent on it!

The nefarious 'method patent' has likewise screwed things up. The boobs at the U.S. patent office didn't know that they didn't know (hmm, that's much too passive; let me re-phrase): The boobs at the patent office who couldn't constructively realize they didn't understand the simplest things about the web allowed Amazon.com to patent "one-click shopping" ferchrissakes...

Not that I have any opinions about this or anything... :)

Now, where's my original art on "Here Docs"?

In reply to Re: A question of copyright law an how it affects web templates by tjh
in thread A question of copyright law an how it affects web templates by arashi

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