[Malicious Intent]

Other sites have had some troubles with copyright on news stories, so here is quick guide to posting:

>For Associated Press and Reuters, please only post the first few paragraphs followed by a link to the rest of the story.

>Look out for copyright signs on other website which may disallow the posting of a full article. Usually in the form:
"Copyright 2004 [Publisher's Name]. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed."

>Slyck also prefer that we do not copy the whole article.

>http://news.bbc.co.uk is an excellent resource of articles which can be copied.

>However much you copied, please always link to the source.

Sorry for all the rules. Thanks and have fun!

[jipper]

[Bombardier]

mr.jip, on May 20 2004, 02:16 PM, said:

:rotfl:

That's about the size of it.

[DudeAsInCool]

lol. well, mi is correct--we need to protect ourselves from any type of liability...

[desdemona]

I'm assuming that includes jpegs from other sites and album covers?

[rainbowdemon]

Pictures are good, as long as there is no copyright mark on them. Album covers, I'm not sure about.

[rainbowdemon]

It's acceptable to hot link to just about anything.

[jipper]

why has this been shown on the front page?..wasnt all this stuff cleared up while back?

[DudeAsInCool]

Because new pinned articles in music and entertainment automatically post there--in the new design, we will hopefully be able to post directly into the forum--right now we dont have that option

[Malicious Intent]

Now I have the taste for it Mr Jip, there will be no stopping me!

ZP has had some trouble in the past with copying entire articles from websites with copyright notices. As BK grows in profile, I think that it is prudent to follow the rules when it comes to posting news.

It isn't like it causes people posting any extra bother. I expect that people who post full articles don't know the rules, rather than breaking them without worrying about it. I know I didn't previously know what to post and what not to.

I can't invision any problems from album covers, as that is free publicity for the artisit(s) and record labels involved.

[Bombardier]

Malicious Intent, on May 20 2004, 04:57 PM, said:

I can't invision any problems from album covers, as that is free publicity for the artisit(s) and record labels involved.

The RIAA has shut down album cover websites before.

In their eyes, even album covers are too much.

[Shawn]

Why don't we just post and pin the page of submitting rules we made 2 months ago?

Guide to Submissions

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Sounds good to me. :good job:

[Malicious Intent]

Bombardier, on May 20 2004, 10:59 PM, said:

Malicious Intent, on May 20 2004, 04:57 PM, said:

I can't invision any problems from album covers, as that is free publicity for the artisit(s) and record labels involved.

The RIAA has shut down album cover websites before.

In their eyes, even album covers are too much.

Hopefully the majority of images we use are only illustration size, rather than the high quality scans available on CD cover sites. I expect it is all about context as well.

I see your point; we will leave it down to BK management to decide if it is a risk or not!

[CTC Command]

I will be sure to comply with the new news regs when posting articles in the future.

Question: are album covers still covered if they have become incorporated into other imagery...into a work of art let's say? Suppose I had someone take a picture of me holding Black Sabbath's Paranoid LP...my understanding is that I could copywrite the photo I took, making me the proprietor. Or if I took the image of some other album cover and incorporated it into a colorful collage-like background...