[Web4lib] copyright and library home pages

[Elder, James]

If you "don't want to copy any source code, scripting, text, colors,
photographs, graphics, logos, etc." Then you have nothing to worry
about.
Copyright laws protect the content of the site, but if you are using the
idea as a launching point, then there are no copyrights being broken.
Half of the web has been inspired by the other half :)

James Elder
Web Design Specialist
www.ocls.info

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Reiten, Beth
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 3:47 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] copyright and library home pages

I'm not an expert, and I don't play one on TV, but my reaction would be
to tell them what you just told us and ask them if you can use them as
your inspiration!

I believe that you can copyright code but beyond that, I'm not certain.

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Beth Reiten, Assoc. Professor & Librarian
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Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
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Email: beth.reiten at okstate.edu

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Work MaKinne
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 2:38 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] copyright and library home pages

Our library website team has found another library's home page that does
everything we want ours to do. 
   
  We don't want to copy any source code, scripting, text, colors,
photographs, graphics, logos, etc.
   
  We do want to write our own code and create tables that mimic the
structure and layout using our own logo, flash, colors, graphics and
text, and place a drop down box in a similar place with our own
cgi-scripting. The result may be a similar "look and feel" done with all
of our own programming, text and design elements.
   
  Who knows enough about copyright to know how thin the ice is here? 
   
  Dawn
  deworkmakinne at desmoineslibrary.com

 
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