Comments on: Using Myows in the United States http://myows.com/blog/using-myows-in-the-united-states/ It's about online copyright protection Sun, 06 May 2012 10:57:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robin Jennings http://myows.com/blog/using-myows-in-the-united-states/comment-page-1/#comment-10619 Robin Jennings Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:53:27 +0000 http://myows.com/blog/?p=1317#comment-10619 Designers can afford lawyers about as much as most businesses- which is to say not very often. If you have irrefutable proof that you are the creator of the work (such as MyOws documentation) most companies will back down before litigation is contemplated. Designers can afford lawyers about as much as most businesses- which is to say not very often.

If you have irrefutable proof that you are the creator of the work (such as MyOws documentation) most companies will back down before litigation is contemplated.

]]> By: Chris Human http://myows.com/blog/using-myows-in-the-united-states/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Chris Human Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:39:49 +0000 http://myows.com/blog/?p=1317#comment-1992 @Christopher - a lot of what you're sating I've experienced to be true - especially at our little design agency here at the bottom of the world, in Cape Town. Interesting thing is that there have been quite a few successful cross-border take downs using the Myows platform which we are busy trying to document. So it is definitely possible to curtail global IP theft. It's our position as founding members of Myows, that we need to start somewhere, join forces as creators of IP and push for change. Safety in numbers and all those good things. So far so good man! @Christopher – a lot of what you’re sating I’ve experienced to be true – especially at our little design agency here at the bottom of the world, in Cape Town. Interesting thing is that there have been quite a few successful cross-border take downs using the Myows platform which we are busy trying to document. So it is definitely possible to curtail global IP theft. It’s our position as founding members of Myows, that we need to start somewhere, join forces as creators of IP and push for change. Safety in numbers and all those good things. So far so good man!

]]> By: Max http://myows.com/blog/using-myows-in-the-united-states/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Max Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:42:54 +0000 http://myows.com/blog/?p=1317#comment-559 @Christopher - sure, there are a handful of rebel countries who didn't sign the Berne Convention, North Korea for example. Personally, I'm more concerned by their refusal to sign international nuclear treaties. I can live with them not signing the Copyright Conventions. @Christopher – sure, there are a handful of rebel countries who didn’t sign the Berne Convention, North Korea for example. Personally, I’m more concerned by their refusal to sign international nuclear treaties.

I can live with them not signing the Copyright Conventions.

]]> By: Christopher Foundas http://myows.com/blog/using-myows-in-the-united-states/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Christopher Foundas Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:26:30 +0000 http://myows.com/blog/?p=1317#comment-389 Copyright protection exists through international agreements between member companies. (Examples of these agreements include the Berne Convention, the Universal Copyright Convention, the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, and the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty.) However: even though these treaties afford copyright holders protection in member companies, there is most likely nothing that can be done in the instance where the theft occurs by someone who resides outside of a member country. A list of countries can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_international_copyright_treaties Copyright protection exists through international agreements between member companies. (Examples of these agreements include the Berne Convention, the Universal Copyright Convention, the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, and the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty.) However: even though these treaties afford copyright holders protection in member companies, there is most likely nothing that can be done in the instance where the theft occurs by someone who resides outside of a member country. A list of countries can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_international_copyright_treaties

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