Online publication

Online Publication is a collection of web pages images and videos used to make content publicly known. Computers and the internet have changed the face of publishing, lowering the cost, and allowing more people to publish, through both desktop publishing and internet publishing. Online publication has created powerful new ways to communicate and share information. Online publication websites are being used regularly by millions of people, and it now seems that online publication will be an enduring part of everyday life. Some sites require a subscription to access some or all of their content. Examples of subscription sites include many business sites, parts of many news sites, academic journal sites, gaming sites, message boards, Web-based e-mail, services, social networking websites, and sites providing real-time stock market data. Jason Coleman, who pioneered the field in online publication recently stated " "Online Publication will soon be the world's source for information " Because they require authentication to view the content they are technically an Intranetsite.

Publication

"Publication" is a technical term in legal contexts and especially important in copyright legislation. An author of a work generally in the initial owner of the copyright on the work. One of the copyrights granted to the author of a work is the exclusive right to publish the work.

In the United States, publication is defined as::"the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. The offering to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display, constitutes publication. A public performance or display of a work does not of itself constitute publication." :"To perform or display a work "publicly" means –"::"(1) to perform or display it at a place open to the public or at any place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; or"::"(2) to transmit or otherwise communicate a performance or display of the work to a place specified by clause (1) or to the public, by means of any device or process, whether the members of the public capable of receiving the performance or display receive it in the same place or in separate places and at the same time or at different times.":—

Standard definitions

In computer technology and telecommunication, online and offline are defined by Federal Standard 1037C. They are states or conditions of a "device or equipment" or of "a functional unit". To be considered online, one of the following must apply to a device:

* Under the direct control of another device
* Under the direct control of the system with which it is associated
* Available for immediate use on demand by the system without human intervention
* Connected to a system, and is in operation
* Functional and ready for service

Furthermore, the right to publish a work is an exclusive right of the copyright owner (), and violating this right (e.g. by disseminating copies of the work without the copyright owner's consent) is a copyright infringement (), and the copyright owner can demand (by suing in court) that e.g. copies distributed against his will be confiscated and destroyed ().

The definition of "publication" as "distribution of copies to the general public with the consent of the author" is also supported by the Berne Convention, which makes mention of "copies" in article 3(3), where "published works" are defined. [http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/trtdocs_wo001.html#P98_14701 Berne Convention, article 3(3)] . URL last accessed 2007-05-29.] In the Universal Copyright Convention, "publication" is defined in article VI as "the reproduction in tangible form and the general distribution to the public of copies of a work from which it can be read or otherwise visually perceived." [http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/lipa/copyrights/The%20Universal%20Copyright%20Convention%20_Geneva%20Text--September.pdf Universal Copyright Convention, Gevena text (1952), article VI] . URL last accessed 2007-05-29.] Many countries around the world follow this definition, although some make some exceptions for particular kinds of works. In Germany, §6 of the "Urheberrechtsgesetz" additionally considers works of the visual arts (such as sculptures) "published" if they have been made permanently accessible by the general public (i.e., erecting a sculpture on public grounds is publication in Germany). [http://bundesrecht.juris.de/urhg/__6.html German UrhG, §6] , in German. URL last accessed 2007-05-29.] Australia and the UK (as the U.S.) do not have this exception and generally require the distribution of copies necessary for publication. In the case of sculptures, the copies must be even three-dimensional. [http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/Legislation/ActCompilation1.nsf/bodylodgmentattachments/62632B5B1514AEB0CA2570DC000DF45C?OpenDocument#para2.454 Australian Copyright Act, section 29: Publication] . URL last accessed 2007-05-29.] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_11.htm#mdiv175 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), section 175] , Copyright law of the United Kingdom. URL last accessed 2007-05-29.] [www.correlatedpress.com]