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In South Africa, if you put your website online, you're automatically protected by our Intellectual Property Act under copyright protection. Unless I waive that
by nevi-me 8y ago
In South Africa, if you put your website online, you're automatically protected by our Intellectual Property Act under copyright protection. Unless I waive that copyright (which I haven't waived per my TOS on the website), whoever hotlinks to my website or derives financial gain without my consent is violating my rights per my country's Constitution.
I don't see any "explicitly giving the right ..." there. In fact, I explicitly did the opposite.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoYou realise the internet is global? You put up a "free food" sign, put chicken on the brai and now you want to stop people from helping themselves to the chicken. Take the website off the internet if you don't want to share it. /Charlie-bit-my-finger
- ryandrake 8y agoI’ve never understood this mentality. Why publish content on the Internet without access control if you don’t want people reading the content?
- zeveb 8y agoAnd that's an ignorant law, since all a link is, is a way to say, 'hey, go to this machine and ask for this resource.' If you, the owner of the machine, wish not to give it to people who ask for it … don't.