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About Copyright

Vital information about copyright:  if you publish anything, from a flyer to a full-length novel, from a song to a website, you need to know about copyright.  

 

Basically, you must be the copyright holder, or have permission from the copyright holder, for ALL COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS used in anything you publish, including promotional materials and online content.  This includes images (photos, graphics or artwork), music, and text (prose, poetry, or printed song lyrics).

 

So what is copyright?  "Copyright is a form of protection provided... to the authors of 'original works of authorship,' including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other  intellectual works.  This protection is available to both published and unpublished works." (Copyright Office Basics, US Copyright Office).

"In the simplest terms, 'copyright' means 'the right to copy'.  Only the owner of copyright, very often the creator of the work, is allowed to produce or reproduce the work in question or to permit anyone else to do so."  (A Guide To Copyright, Canadian Intellectual Property Office).

 

If you want to avoid all problems with copyright, either be sure that you are the creator of everything you publish, or be sure you receive a license to use the copyrighted material from the copyright holder.  

 

Anyone who creates a copyrightable work can release it for limited free distribution under a Creative Commons License.  Find out more about Creative Commons licenses on the Creative Commons Licenses page.

 

Copyright and Dustwood Media

 

All materials on Dustwood Media are copyrighted unless otherwise stated.  All materials used on this website are created by me (which makes me the copyright holder) or are used with the copyright holder's permission.

 

CHRISTIAN MEDITATIONS:  Bible versions used are King James and World English Bible, both public domain.  I write all other text used.  Images are my own photos or used with permission.  Music (by R.J. Woods) is used with permission.

 

CHRISTIAN WALLPAPER:  my Christian wallpaper consists of a copyrighted photographic image and a public domain Bible quote.  

 

CHRISTIAN SCREENSAVERS:  these are actually executable SCR files taken from my Christian meditations.  

 

CHRISTIAN CLIP ART:  Consists of artwork, graphic, and photographs.  All are taken by or created by me.

 

All Christian meditations, wallpaper, and screensavers are under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license (Attribution, No Commercial Use, No Derivatives).

 

All Christian clip art is under a Creative Commons BY license (Attribution).  

 

See the individual product pages for a full explanation of the Creative Commons licenses.  For general information about Creative Commons, visit the Creative Commons Licenses page.