When you decide to create an Android app, it is important that your content is interesting, entertaining, or informative else you will find no one wants to actually use you app.
It is very simple to look into the vast amount of content on the web and simply copy it to you own app. However, have you considered the fact that this is illegal? Today in this blog we will discuss things about Protection from Copyright Infringement while creating you Android app content.
What is Copyright?
Copyright means that the work which is created by the holder is creative and must be original piece of work, be it a written article, a photo, a song or a game, only you have the right to reproduce the work or to give permission to someone else to use your work. You cannot claim copyright on a fact or an idea unless the idea has been published or is in a written format.
How can you avoid infringing on copyright laws
- Create your Own Content- his is a simple answer, if you write your own content and use your own images you will not be infringing upon anyone’s else’s work, not only that you will be producing work that you will have rights over.
- Give Credit- even if you are writing in your own words, many ideas and thoughts are based upon other’s ideas and thoughts, it is always recommendable and appreciable that you give thanks to your sources so that in future they cannot claim for not taking the prior permission from them.
- Public Domain- The internet is widely accepted as a public domain due to its vast audience, however, this where people are mistaken. The contents provided on the internet are still protected by Copyright laws and it is important to take permission from the original holders.
Fair Use- If you are using snippets of an article, video, or image to get an idea across then this may be seen as using the materials within the powers of free speech in order to get you ideas of views across. This means that you are not replicating the works, but you are only using these work for only background purposes and not for commercially exploiting. For Eg. Copying of Book for a research purpose never comes under copyright infringement as an individual is not using for commercially exloiting it.