In this guide, we will discuss the fundamental use and process of copyrighting. If you are planning to upload your file, this guide will help you on how to protect the intellectual property rights of your content.
If you want a summarize version of this guide, we recommend to look in our Story Submission page. There, it will discuss the short version of this comprehensive guide.
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What is copyright?
A copyright is simply a protection on your content from being copied without your prior permission. Hence, to allow someone to copy and distribute your content, another individual will ask you to copy the content.
Usually, copyrights have some "terms" in them, on what is and what not is allowed. This is simply the case if you given them these terms. In other words, instructions.
Terms that are allowed
In Rystories, these are the terms allowed within the site, but not limited to:
- Open, and allowing people to distribute the content in any medium;
- Derivatives may be allowed, and;
- Giving someone a right to copy your content without asking you.
In these scenarios, allowing all these terms will able other people to distribute your content in any medium, and thus, more copyright freedom. Note that in the third statement, the only way to give someone a right without asking you is by using a copyright license. (More of that later.)
Terms that are not allowed
These are:
- Fair use, fair trade, exceptions on the content;
- Paid content;
- Use of technological measures to restrict people from copying your content,1 and;
- No derivatives allowed.
Note
If these terms are used in the site, the content is subjected to deletion or being challenged by the site members or even the Moderators. A total 5 uploads with these accumulative restrictive terms is subjected to 10-month ban.
Copyright license
Copyright license is the efficient way to create a copyrighted content. This means people would not ask you again for copyright terms because these are already on the license.