Yes; creative works are protected regardless of the method of distribution.
You can only use content for which you are the copyright owner, is in the public domain, or you have permission from the copyright holder or an exemption in the law. But your resulting web page is automatically protected by copyright as soon as you create it.
Copying other businesses' Web information for commercial use is also in violation of copyright law.
First of all, there is just no state copyright law which overrides federal copyright law. Second, the Berne Convetions of 1988, as amended to which the US is a signatory pretty well ended any need for special marks or markings on web pages. Which is what the question sound likes it is about. Another way of putting it is that if it is in a web page and it is subject to copyright, if it is put into the web page it is copyrighted.
Yes Copyright Content includes all media from the INTERNET.
Yes; works of sufficient originality are automatically protected by copyright as soon as they are fixed, and notification is not required.
Websites are protected by copyright, so you would need permission from the copyright holder or an exemption in the law to use someone else's web content.
How copyright protection impacts the download of web resources?
Because the majority of pictures or information contained in web-sites is protected by one or more copyright laws. You are permitted to download content for your own use - BUT - if you give a copy to a friend, you are breaking the law and technically can be prosecuted for it ! Theoretically that applies if, for example, you download a tune to your computer - then copy it to an MP3 player !
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The web is not a place. The web is a communication protocol that is used for connecting computers together. The laws of the nation where the computer is located, or the user, or the copyright owners, determine what copyright laws apply, regardless of how the information is accessed.
Every web page on the Internet carries automatic copyright protection, as soon as a work is created. That is from US Copyright Law. Answers and WikiAnswers also post in the lower right corner a statement of copyright. Therefore, an answer should be quoted and cited just like any copyrighted material.
Yes, if the web design legally belongs to you. Add © copyright YEAR NAME OF COPYRIGHT HOLDER to the bottom of each page of the website. This will signal to honest people that the web design is copyrighted and may not be used elsewhere.