Copyright protection of your content

Copyright on the internet is a controversial issue. In principle, it is understood that Copyright as it is valid in the offline world is equally valid in the online world and is governed by the Intellectual Property Law 11,723, a law of the year 1933 (something super historical and ancient for the field of copyright!) Internet).

For online stores there is the possibility of protecting the design and integral content of the site (texts, images, videos) to the extent that it is their own, making the deposit before the National Directorate of Copyright.

Although registration is not mandatory, it is recommended. carry it out in order to have a record that proves that you are the author of that content, with a certain date and that it will be sufficient proof if someone makes any unauthorized use.

Images for an online store

In relation to the images, if you do not have your own illustrations or photographs, you can either paid or free. In this case, the important thing is that you read the limitations of use that each platform establishes. eye! Some are more restrictive than others.

Another alternative is which are licenses that authors can choose freely and free of charge, publish on the Internet using HTML code and thus determine how they want their works to be shared on the Internet.

Musical works for an online store

Finally, another issue that must be taken care of is the use of musical works for trailers, which are very fashionable now, or promotional videos. Usually, video channels like YouTube are vigilant against unauthorized use and unsubscribe (or directly prevent sharing) videos with songs protected under Copyright.

SADAIC is the collective management society that manages national and foreign musical works in Argentina. This means that if you want to use an artist’s work you have to take into account:

• If he is alive or died less than 70 years ago, you have to request authorization from SADAIC and pay a fee.
• On the other hand, if you want to use a song by an artist who died more than 70 years ago, that song is in the public domain, so authorization is not necessary, but a levy must be paid to the National Fund for the Arts, who manages this type of works.

In the same way as with images, a good alternative in this case is to go to audio banks, both free and paid. For example, YouTube has a very complete audio libraryin which you will be able to find music and sound effects with different types of use permissions.

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