Cathy Swan's List: Copyright, Fair Use, Intellectual Property Rights

• Susan Montag

  • I was concerned about the veracity of this article, but didn't realize it was posted by Susan Montag, a respected educator and author. That is not to say that those posting to her page are correct, but it is more likely than not.
• This being said, there are things that, as a writer, I would refrain from posting to a website (unless it were my own). I would not post a section of a book I which I might later want to publish. I would also be careful, if I were a visual artist or a musician, about putting my work up without understanding the terms of that website. HOWEVER, all this being said, I think the hypothetical situation--in which a writer (or other artist) posts something online and then later can't publish it somewhere else--is extremely rare. In fact, I have never personally heard of a case where that happened.
  

  • This is the only actual reference to visual and performing arts.

• • If you are using a Google trademark, distinguish the trademark from the surrounding text in some way. Capitalize the first letter, capitalize or italicize the entire mark, place the mark in quotes, use a different type style or font for the mark than for the generic name.  
  • If you do not capitalize the entire mark, always spell and capitalize the trademark exactly as they are shown in the Google Trademarks and Suggested Accepted Generic Terms below. 
  • Use the trademark only as an adjective, never as a noun or verb, and never in the plural or possessive form.  
  • Use a generic term following the trademark, for example: GOOGLE search engine, Google search, GOOGLE web search.  
  • Use only Google-approved artwork when using Google's logos.  
  • If you are using a Google logo on a web page, there must exist a minimum spacing of 25 pixels between each side of the logo and other graphic or textual elements on your web page. 
  • Normally, an unregistered Google Brand Feature should be followed by the superscripted letters TM or SM to give notice that the company claims trademark rights in the term. A registered Google Brand Feature should be followed by the symbol ® to identify the term as a registered trademark. In advertising copy, notice of trademark rights may be provided in a footnote format – e.g., by placing an asterisk adjacent to the Google Brand Feature and placing an appropriate notice at the bottom of the page on which the asterisk appears. Example: *GOOGLE is a trademark of Google Inc.   

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• Permission to Use Clip Art
• Permission is granted to download no more than ten
• different clip art images for non-revenue-producing use on
• hard copy documents or on Web sites with the following
• restrictions:
• Any reproduction must be unaltered from its original downloaded form. This includes, but is not limited to,
• • colorization, cropping, or editing.
   
  • Any use of clip art images on Web sites must credit Discoveryschool.com and include a link to the Discoveryschool.com Web site. Credit must read - "Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com"
• Any other use of the materials on this Web site, or modification, distribution or re-publication thereof, without the prior written permission of Discovery.com, Inc. is strictly prohibited.

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• • add these  options to google search chapter?