Are works published on the Internet, intranet and extranet protected by copyright?
Copyright laws are not form specific. Therefore, a copyrighted work does not lose its protection when published on the Internet. The advent of new technologies (Internet, intranets and e-mail) are simply new media on which a work can be published. Works published on the Internet are therefore covered by copyright laws. Such protection exists even if a website provides free access to certain works. Such access does not provide an authorization to reproduce, unless such an authorization is clearly provided. Such websites usually publish notices about copyright, with such notices usually including the terms of use of the works and documents on the site.
