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Essentially, you are sharing their article on your website so others can see it. This is not allowed without the author’s permission, even where an article is about your business. To share the article, a person other than the owner must obtain a licence, or permission, before putting the article online.
Is embedding video legal?
It is clearly against copyright laws to embed an infringing YouTube video in your article, blog, or website. Such a video is not even legal on YouTube. Therefore, do not embed infringing YouTube videos into your online articles.
Is it legal to link YouTube videos to your website?
Here’s what we found. In general, it’s fine to post video that you create yourself on your website. Once you create a video, it is automatically copyrighted, and you have full rights to it unless stated otherwise by a sharing service.
Can I copy other people’s blogs?
It’s illegal: As you might have learned in school, plagiarism has serious consequences. And because of copyright law, once someone has published an original work, it is automatically protected — whether they have enacted a formal copyright or bought a creative license for their work.
Is it legal to embed media in a website?
Thus, embedding media in your online work should not expose you to legal liability, with the possible exceptions discussed below. Framing: Framing refers to the practice of dividing a web page into multiple sections that use HTML code to pull content from different sources.
Is it legal to post an article on your website?
Yes, but they are opening themselves up to legal action. If you see an article or series of articles that you want to post on your website, you need to locate the copyright owner and ask for their explicit permission in writing. Often you will have to pay a licensing fee for the privilege of using the article.
Is it legal to link to copyrighted material on a website?
While there is some uncertainty on this point, a recent case from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that inline linking does not directly infringe copyright because no copy is made on the site providing the link; the link is just HTML code pointing to the image or other material.
Do You need Another website’s permission to link to theirs?
You do not need permission to include a link on your website that goes to another website. Nor is it copyright infringement if you do include such a link. Never copy content from another website and put it onto your site without permission, as this could very well constitute copyright infringement, unless it’s deemed “fair use.”