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Starting my first big project, have some questions though...

by melodyx
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Hey everyone! I had a question about a website I want to launch in the coming weeks. It will be my first big project but I have some question and haven't been able to find any solid advice.

My site will be a wiki (will be using mediawiki, the same thing that wikipedia uses) site based around some long running TV shows. Think Star Trek or another show with years of content. Because these are TV show and the rights are owned by big networks so, what is the best way to keep any copy write infringement problems from coming up? The site will outline different plots and charters. I know that pictures and video cannot be used without permission but I'm wanting to make sure that people do not copy and paste from other sites and do my best to keep any other problems that I'm not even thinking of at the moment from coming up.

A TOS, disclaimer check box before publishing, general site disclaimer?

I'm not sure where to find the answers to the questions... at least I don't know what to tell Google to look for and I know that most people here aren't lawyers but any advice would be great.

Anyway, thank you in advance!

Melodyx
#big #project #questions #starting
  • Profile picture of the author newxxx
    you can always block people from posting if you don't want them to post any pictures

    have you thought about purchasing autographed photos, and posting them on the site, for sale, then they would be legal
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    • Profile picture of the author melodyx
      Newxxx,

      That's a great idea! Thank you! If I were buying them myself that could add up QUICK! Maybe the people posting could upload their autographed pictures also? Either way that does solve that issue.

      The way I wanted to setup the wiki site was so that anyone could change the content, unless that turned out to be a problem. I feel that it would help the site get up and going and keep it going since you don't have to hassle with signing up for it, the way a lot of other wiki sites do. I'm still wondering about the TOS and disclaimer. Maybe a privacy policy too?
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      • Profile picture of the author melodyx
        stevenjacobs,

        That's an idea too. I think I can find some trusted people to help run it. A lot of people would love to. Thank you!
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  • Profile picture of the author stevenjacobs
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    What you need to have is to recruit some trusted mods/admins that can help patrol and keep it good
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  • Profile picture of the author Jerry Reily
    If I have access or subscription to legal copies of a certain movie, I think I have the right to post screenshot of the scenes just to prove evidence of what I'm talking on my site. If the video explicitly states that viewers are not authorized to post part of the scenes on any other medium, then listen to them.

    Youtube somehow provided an avenue for anyone to post copyrighted materials even before Google's acquisition. If you police the site with all the legality stuff, I don't think your intended audience would stay that long.

    You could police it reactively whenever some media company request you to remove the erring images but do not do it proactively. If the law states that you should never do it again, then promise that you are getting a service of a 3rd party to do that for you. Create a dummy company that will police your site. If someone complain, blame it on your dummy company.

    Just some weird idea for you

    Anyways, have you checked Wikia or IMDB I'm curious as to how they were able to pull off this one?
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    • Profile picture of the author melodyx
      Originally Posted by Jerry Reily View Post

      If I have access or subscription to legal copies of a certain movie, I think I have the right to post screenshot of the scenes just to prove evidence of what I'm talking on my site. If the video explicitly states that viewers are not authorized to post part of the scenes on any other medium, then listen to them.

      Youtube somehow provided an avenue for anyone to post copyrighted materials even before Google's acquisition. If you police the site with all the legality stuff, I don't think your intended audience would stay that long.

      You could police it reactively whenever some media company request you to remove the erring images but do not do it proactively. If the law states that you should never do it again, then promise that you are getting a service of a 3rd party to do that for you. Create a dummy company that will police your site. If someone complain, blame it on your dummy company.

      Just some weird idea for you

      Anyways, have you checked Wikia or IMDB I'm curious as to how they were able to pull off this one?
      No one has legal copies of the shows, no DVDs or anything like that. That's one reason why I believe the site could bring a log of traffic. As far as a dummy company, that sounds a bit shady. Is that legal? I'm wanting to keep everything as legal and legit as possible.
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