Re:Legal Wrangling (Score 1)

No, because you have given them permission. Publishing to the web gives implied permission to your visitors (and your visitors only) to view and/or interact with your content. This does NOT automatically give permission to those who choose to utilize your content (either from your own server or by taking your content and re-publishing it). It is similar to taking the content of a magazine article (the entire article), and claiming it is yours. Fair use says that you can reprint the article as long as all copyright is attributed correctly, and it is used non-commercially (i.e. you get no money or other economic good from it). Typically, when discussing the Internet, it is also good practice to hyperlink to the original. This relates to implied copyright to your material. If your website also include a copyright statement that lays out your permissions and copyright, then your visitors (and those who might choose to use your information) must stay within the permissions you have explicitly stated. As for B above, you LEAVING a dollar bill on the ground, gives someone permission to take it. It is not a reasonable analogy to this situation.