Re: Copyright Status of Press Releases

From: Jerry Notaro <notaro[_at_]bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:42:22 -0400

The question came up recently of copyright of press and publicity releases I thought I'd pass this on from the Disney site which is usually on the edge of these things:

   RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF MATERIALS        This site is owned and operated by DISNEY ONLINE    (referred to as "DISNEY," "we," "us," or "our"    herein). No material from DISNEY.COM or any Web    site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by    DISNEY may be copied, reproduced, republished,    uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in    any way, except that you may download one copy of    the materials on any single computer for your    personal, noncommercial home use only, provided    you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary    notices. Modification of the materials or use of    the materials for any other purpose is a violation    of DISNEY's copyright and other proprietary rights.    For purposes of these terms, the use of any such    material on any other Web site or networked    computer environment is prohibited. All trademarks,    service marks, and trade names are proprietary    to Disney Enterprises, Inc., and ABC, Inc.

   In the event you download software from the    site, the software, including any files, images    incorporated in or generated by the software,    and data accompanying the software (collectively,    the "Software") are licensed to you by DISNEY.    DISNEY does not transfer title to the Software    to you. You own the medium on which the Software    is recorded, but DISNEY retains full and complete    title to the Software, and all intellectual property    rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell,    decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or    otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable    form.

Jerry

Jerry Notaro
<notaro[_at_]bayflash.stpt.usf.edu> Received on Wed Aug 25 1999 - 16:44:19 GMT

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