Copyright Infringement Online

Copyright is the intellectual property right that protects many types of work online.  For example, the underlying code of a website,  written content, images, videos, graphics, fonts, illustrations – these are all copyright material.

Infringement online happens for a variety of reasons.  Sometimes people unwittingly use images without understanding the copyright implications.  Whether a designer makes such a mistake or the site owner, both are liable and could be sued. 

Another reason infringement might occur is that people wrongly assume that on the internet everything is public domain and available to use freely. 

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