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PAIL® Solicitors offer expertise and decades of experience in copyright registration and disputes. Contact us using the above form or at peter@pailsolicitors.co.uk or on 0207 305-7491 charge rates may apply and may vary).
What is Copyright?
Copyright is the exclusive right to use your creative work and more importantly to stop others from using your creative work without your consent. In other words, you control how other people access, store and manage your creative works.
What Is a Website?
A website is a page or series of coded interlinked web pages located on the Internet usually representing a business, the address of which is called a domain.The domain and space on the Internet is usually hosted by a third party provider.
What is Infringement?
Infringement occurs when you violate a rule or law. In the case of copyright infringement it occurs when you undermine the rights of the copyright holder by using their creative work without consent.
What Is Website Copyright Infringement?
Only specific works are copyrightable. These works are set out in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the "Act"). In fact, at a very high level, the Act is the primary source of UK copyright law, although for specific detailed issues statutes before and after the Act is relevant. Additionally, as the UK is a common law country, case law (which is fluid), and authoritative textbooks should also be consulted.
Is your website content being used without permission? Discover how our website copyright infringement lawyers can help you take immediate action and safeguard your intellectual property.
Is Website Copyright Infringement Easy To Prove?
No it is not. First it is not clear that website design and lay out is even capable of copyright. The question arises as to whether the design of the layout of a website is a separate work or just part of the coding. There is some case law (not UK case law) on the subject to suggest that it might be a separate work. According to R. V Re, the Layout of a Website -(Case 4 Ob 94/01d), the layout of a website is itself a creative work. You should be ready to provide the actual design notes and design layout information.
Another “live” issue is non-literal copying. It is very straightforward when you can show an excerpt of the code from a website and compare it with the code from the site of another business, and there are substantial amounts of the code that are identical. Naturally, lawyers prefer a straightforward situation of literal reproduction that can be easily proven but what if the business copying you have copied your code but built their code on the top of it? Not all cases will come in a perfect package. There may be cases where some work has to be done to prove copyright infringement, and it might mean creating or helping to evolve the law.
To be successful in. website copyright infringement case you need legal representation that is skilled in this specialist area.
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