Originally posted by Punisha69
Is it true that its ok to take info/pictures from a site UNLESS they have copyright on their site somewhere? Stating all the legal mobo jombo?

This was true in the past, but today almost all major nations follow the Berne copyright convention. For example, in the USA, almost everything created privately after April 1, 1989 is copyrighted and protected whether it has a notice or not. The default you should assume for other people's works is that they are copyrighted and may not be copied unless you *know* otherwise. There are some old works that lost protection without notice, but frankly you should not risk it unless you know for sure.

Originally posted by JasonD
[B]Absolutely NOT true.

From http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html





This is correct, IT IS ILLEGAL.

Do a search on the worlds "copyright myths", you will come up with LOTS of info.

Here are some cheap justifications that are constantly used by people who steal content, and are debunked by the facts:
http://copylaw.com/new_articles/copy_myths.html
GOOD stuff here.

Also, read this, it coveres all the basics in a nice, plain English Q&A format.

http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/tutors/copyright.html