April 19, 2008 at 14:28© V. I. Pupkin, 2008
Another trifle that is not harmful to pay attention to is the design of a copyright protection mark (which is often illiterate called "copyright"). Unfortunately, on sites this element of the footer of the page is often set "to be", and make out who is what much. However, in this respect there are not just established rules, but the whole GOST R 7.0.1-2003 (PDF, 652 KB).
There is nothing complicated in the design of the copyright protection mark, you just need to know certain rules.
So, copyright itself arises due to the very fact of creating an intellectual work. The creation and exercise of copyright does not require registration of the work or compliance with any formalities. Accordingly, the publisher of the work (and in the case of the site - the owner of this site) forms the mark independently in accordance with existing legislation and the agreement with the copyright holder of the published work.
The copyright mark must necessarily include the following elements.
When shifting to Internet sites, the rules remain exactly the same. However, since materials can be published on the site at different times and in different years (and usually happens), you can use a date range, for example, "1998-2008" (do not forget that the range uses a dash - rather than a hyphen , and it does not fend off spaces from numbers). GOST does not imply such use, but it corresponds to both the meaning and spirit of GOST, and the established tradition.
A set of a copyright protection mark without specifying the copyright owner, as I believe, does not make much sense (this is done, for example, on the Habré in the basement of the pages), as it carries an unclear semantic load and does not have legal force. Therefore, in the case of social networks or collective blogs, you must either fill out a copyright protection mark at the end of each entry, or put a sign in the basement and indicate the object of protection of rights in it (for example, “website design”). Indication of a nickname as the owner also does not make much sense, since it does not identify the copyright holder.
The question also arises, is it necessary to use a copyright sign? There are a number of articles on this subject on the Internet.
In short, the answer is this: it is not necessary to use a sign, and it is better not to use any than a crooked one. :)
According to Russian standards, as well as according to the Universal Copyright Convention (which Russia shares), copyright arises at the time of creation of the work and is not required to be additionally registered. The author has the rightUse the copyright mark to alert you that copyright is protected. The absence of such a mark on a copy of a work by both a Russian and a foreign author does not deprive the work of copyright protection. The legal value of a copyright mark is only indirect: it indicates that the person affixing this mark considers himself the owner of copyright and declares this . The copyright mark alone does not create any additional rights.
There is nothing complicated in the design of the copyright protection mark, you just need to know certain rules.
So, copyright itself arises due to the very fact of creating an intellectual work. The creation and exercise of copyright does not require registration of the work or compliance with any formalities. Accordingly, the publisher of the work (and in the case of the site - the owner of this site) forms the mark independently in accordance with existing legislation and the agreement with the copyright holder of the published work.
The copyright mark must necessarily include the following elements.
- The copyright symbol is the Latin letter "C" in a circle, ©. Please note that using the relic of the typewritten era "©" is not good. The character © has a decimal code of 169 in Unicode, a hexadecimal code is 00A9. Accordingly, you can use any of the mnemonics ©, & xa9 ;, © to insert a character into the body of the page. Also in Windows it can be entered using the numeric keypad by typing on it with the Alt key held down a sequence of numbers 0, 1, 6, 9.
- The name of the individual or the name of the legal entity to which the copyright belongs. The name of an individual is usually indicated in the form of a surname and initials, and the name of a legal entity is indicated in the form established during its registration (the form of ownership is indicated in the form of an abbreviation: LLC, OJSC, ZAO, etc.).
- In the event that the right is protected not to the main text, but only to the design, translation of the text, accompanying text, etc., then the object of protection of the right is indicated. If the rights to the main text are protected, the object of protection of the right can be omitted.
- The year of first publication of the work. At the same time, adding the date with the word “year” or the abbreviation “g.” Is not required.
When shifting to Internet sites, the rules remain exactly the same. However, since materials can be published on the site at different times and in different years (and usually happens), you can use a date range, for example, "1998-2008" (do not forget that the range uses a dash - rather than a hyphen , and it does not fend off spaces from numbers). GOST does not imply such use, but it corresponds to both the meaning and spirit of GOST, and the established tradition.
A set of a copyright protection mark without specifying the copyright owner, as I believe, does not make much sense (this is done, for example, on the Habré in the basement of the pages), as it carries an unclear semantic load and does not have legal force. Therefore, in the case of social networks or collective blogs, you must either fill out a copyright protection mark at the end of each entry, or put a sign in the basement and indicate the object of protection of rights in it (for example, “website design”). Indication of a nickname as the owner also does not make much sense, since it does not identify the copyright holder.
Examples of design on sites
Right
- © V.I. Pupkin, 2000
- © Pupkin V.I., 2000-2005
- © LLC Horns and Hooves, 2000-2005
- © Site design. LLC “Horns and Hooves”, 2002
- © Ivanov I.I., translation into Russian, 2006
Wrong
- © 2005
- © V.I. Pupkin, 2000.
- 2008 © V.I. Pupkin
- (c) Pupkin V.I., 2000-2005
- © Pupkin V.I., 2000-2005
- © 2006, Pupkin V.I.
- © Horns and Hooves LLC, 2000-2005.
- Copyright © 1997—2008 Yandex
- © Futurico 2000—2005
- © - = MeGaPiHaR = -
Addition: the need to use a mark
The question also arises, is it necessary to use a copyright sign? There are a number of articles on this subject on the Internet.
In short, the answer is this: it is not necessary to use a sign, and it is better not to use any than a crooked one. :)
According to Russian standards, as well as according to the Universal Copyright Convention (which Russia shares), copyright arises at the time of creation of the work and is not required to be additionally registered. The author has the rightUse the copyright mark to alert you that copyright is protected. The absence of such a mark on a copy of a work by both a Russian and a foreign author does not deprive the work of copyright protection. The legal value of a copyright mark is only indirect: it indicates that the person affixing this mark considers himself the owner of copyright and declares this . The copyright mark alone does not create any additional rights.