It costs around $ 150.00 US to get something copyrighted.

Every image already has a copyright. That copyright is held by the original creator of the image. By creator, I mean an artist who drew a picture (using any form of media) starting with a blank canvas, a photographer who took a photograph. None of those images, wholly or in part, can be used by another without permission from that original creator. You cannot put together an image made from other images, however you choose to do it, and copyright them.

Copyright law is quite simple to understand. It is there to protect the creator of an image, to prevent distribution or dissemination of their work without their express permission. I hope that is clear and understandable.

The issue re Wincustomize.com accepting or refusing/rejecting an upload is due to the actual ownership of the works submitted.  If someone has them rejected for copyright issue it is because those images have been found to have been sourced elsewhere and thus the uploader actually has no rights to their use [public redistribution] and should not be submitting them for such distribution.

In simple words....they actually have to be YOUR walls or they will be rejected....

Fuzzy looks to see if we are standing in a very large cave...

I stand corrected.

Here are some common misperceptions and a very good article on the matter.



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Edited by Admin ...as reposting in its entirety is itself a copyright issue.

Definitely worth a read, however....

Well thank you'll for this info. And i think that wincustomize will accept my walls because they are mine

To those that haven't yet read that article. you are strongly encouraged to click the link and read in it's entirety , it is informative and readable and will enlighten you on copyright issues in such a way, I'm sure you'll be referencing the page often in your skinning and writing work.

WWW Link

wow, thats funny.. My bad.   

Nothing like a good 'copyright' discussion.