Frequently Asked Questions about internet sites
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- I want to make available via Internet my personal data bank: what must I do to protect it? What precautions must be taken to respect the privacy?
- Is the link always licit?
- I have realised an informative Internet site and I would like to insert the mark of another site and a link to it, so to supply the visitors with further information on the subject. Must I ask for authorisation from the owner of the other site or can I freely do it?
- Is a link inside the pages legal?
- If web pages are done based on information supplied by the client, what rights has the creator got over them?
- I have made an Internet site where I describe the habits of a certain dog’s breed. Now, to my surprise, I have found out that a “friend” of mine has copied most of the contents and has built a site very similar to mine. What can I do to stop him?
- We presented at an exhibition an Internet site and now, a competitor firm has practically copied it. Shortly after we deposited it at the SIAE, but now what can we actually do to stop the plagiarism?
- We are a firm producing businesses programmes. One of our ex-workers, after resigning a few months ago, has started working for a competitor company which, strangely, has started selling a programme very similar to one created by us. Is it possible to stop the plagiarism of the software? What can we actually do?
- What are the regulations concerning the reproduction of images and video clips on an Internet site?
- I have in mind to make a site where the visitors can place bets and can participate to a prize game. I would like to know what I can do to get the exclusivity and if I have to ask any authorisations to do this.
- How can the idea of giving a certain service on Internet be protected?
- I am a programmer of html pages and ASP. At the moment I have made a serial of pages for the management of a database using the web business intranet and the browser. The ASP pages cannot be compiled; therefore anyone having access to it can get the code, re-use it or modify it. How can I demonstrate to be the maker of the code/adopted solutions? How can I protect myself against a firm copying the first installation and then installing it by another programmer, who, after copying mine, will adapt it and then re-use it?
- I have found out that one of my competitors has copied the Internet pages of my site, reproducing the texts as they are. Is it possible to force him to cancel them?
- I am an amateur photographer and I would like to make a site where to put my work after scanning them. How can I prevent others from downloading and using them without paying me or asking my authorisation?
- Having to use on the Internet a musical piece as a background, can I freely do it or do I have to ask the SIAE authorisation? And if yes, is the authorisation necessary even though I will only use a few seconds of it?
- Can the photos downloaded from the Internet be freely used?