require footer or fail

[davidjmorin]

is there a way to require my copywrite info at the footer and if it is eraased then it will disable the entire script?

[boogyman]

no there is not

[Nile]

Well you could. But then they could just delete that part too.

[Jas]

Effectively, no. Any attempt could easily be changed, no matter how hard you try. A good solution might be to somehow embed the copyright in a graphic so that, in order to remove or change it, the user would have to remake the graphic. It can be done, yes, but it's harder then changing text.

Legally, you can also require that it be there. If you own it, and someone else tries to call it theirs by taking out your copyright, that's plagiarism. I'm not too sure how you can monitor that, though. . .

The bottom line is, if your sharing a script, don't get too attached to it.

[boogyman]

Legally, you can also require that it be there. If you own it, and someone else tries to call it theirs by taking out your copyright, that's plagiarism. I'm not too sure how you can monitor that, though. . .

The bottom line is, if your sharing a script, don't get too attached to it.

it is very hard to prosecutor web plagarism

[Jas]

That would depend on what precautions you take. For example, if you register your website and it's content with a copyright office, I don't think you'll have too much trouble. The main problem lies in proving that you own the content, and registering it would take care of that. Of course, the service is not free and it varies based on your location. (You can also "prove" that you created it first by mailing a copy of it to yourself and leaving the envelope sealed, but that hardly ever works in court, and I think it has never worked in the U.S. to date.)

And I repeat, for emphasis:

The bottom line is, if your sharing a script, don't get too attached to it.

And that goes for everything you put on the internet. Even Microsoft has things stolen from them, although I don't know why you would be so mental as to do that-- they probably have an entire law firm just waiting to prosecute people who steal their stuff online

[boogyman]

Even Microsoft has things stolen from them

and they steal from others... aka their original GUI from apple...

but anywho... my opinion is just add a disclaimer to the page asking someone to credit you where it's due. Making a big fuss about not allowing them to get at something when no matter what you do can always be worked around, you will see alot better results.

[Jas]

and they steal from others... aka their original GUI from apple...

Heh, no debate there. (But we could go in circles about who stole what from whom in the computer industry.) I was talking about web content, though.

but anywho... my opinion is just add a disclaimer to the page asking someone to credit you where it's due. Making a big fuss about not allowing them to get at something when no matter what you do can always be worked around, you will see alot better results.

This is very true. If you make a big deal about it, like begging "Please don't steal it!" people will probably steal it anyway. Also, if you say "Leave my name on line one, three, seven, eighteen, thirty-five. . . . Don't change this. . . Leave this alone . . . . " People will ignore you again, because your restrictions are seen as unreasonable. The best policy would simply be to be reasonable in your requests. Take DynamicDrive; All they ask for is a simple credit in the header. No one finds that an unfair price, so they generally do it.

[davidjmorin]

well i know that in vbulletin if you remove there stuff at the bottom it diables the entire forum. how do they do that. I would like to do it to a site that i created for a company.

[Leafy]

If there was a way to compile the scripts, then sure. But there isn't as far as I know, because PHP is an interpreted language...