Copyright & the Internet – How does copyright work in an online environment?
Whether you can copy internet materials depends on what the material is and what you want to do with it. Don’t assume that just because the material is available for free on the internet that it’s free to use as you wish. Most internet material is protected by copyright. Check the website terms and conditions, often found under sections such as ‘Terms of Use’ or ‘Legal Notices’, to see whether the website owner permits you to reproduce material found on the site and whether any conditions apply. If nothing is specified, you may only copy the material if you fall within one of the Act’s exceptions or you should contact the website owner for permission. No, but to be safe, you should only link to the normal entry points of the website (i.e. the home page) and make sure that the webpage opens up in a different browser window. This will avoid any suggestion that the website is your own material or that your website is somehow affiliated with the other site. You should also check the websit
