Monumentix
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9 years ago Regarding GCD Data:
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I would like to use data and/or cover scans from the GCD. Who owns the copyright to these items?
A: GCD Data - The GCD is an original compilation and database which by reason of the selection and arrangement of its contents constitutes an intellectual creation as defined by Copyright Law, and is protected as such. The selection and arrangement of data of each contribution, as well as any original research or writing contained in the contribution, is copyrighted jointly by those who did the original work and the GCD. The data can be used according to our Data License. Dumps of the database are available at http://www.comics.org/download/, if you currently do not have an account with us you will be asked to register first.
B: GCD Cover Scans - All cover images are copyrighted by their respective current copyright holders. Copyrights are typically held by the publisher on work-for-hire properties, by the creator(s) on creator-owned properties, or by a third party in the case of licensed properties. Copyright details at the time of publication can usually be determined from the indicia of comics, but may have changed since that time. The GCD does not track changes in copyright. Due to legal concerns, we do not distribute the cover images or otherwise make them available except as seen in our pages.
More information can be found under Data Distribution.
From: Grand Comics - Wiki
How should I credit the GCD? What rights does the GCD retain? What rights do I have?
The dumps are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, just as the web site is.
Provisional guidance (to be updated): if you use our data on a web page, you must credit the "Grand Comics Database" by name somewhere on that page in a way that clearly associates it with the data, and you must provide a link back to the site. Usually by making "Grand Comics Database" a link. If the page reflects an object from our database (such as an issue or a series), you should link to the page for that object rather than to our front page. You must also state and provide a link to the license. The GCD Board reserves the right to update and refine this policy. Contact the Board through the GCD Contact address, contact@comics.org for clarifications or guidance on cases that do not fit this description clearly.
Can I get all the covers?
No. We don't claim any copyright on the covers or the scans. All cover images are copyrighted by their respective current copyright holders. Copyrights are typically held by the publisher on work-for-hire properties, by the creator(s) on creator-owned properties, or by a third party in the case of licensed properties. Copyright details at the time of publication can usually be determined from the indicia of comics, but may have changed since that time. The GCD does not track changes in copyright. Due to legal concerns, we do not distribute the cover images or otherwise make them available except as seen in our pages which we can due to Fair-Use rules of copyright.
Also, please note that you cannot link directly to the covers. As this "leaches" bandwidth from our site only placeholder images will appear if you do so. Everyone knows that nobody can stop you if you click on each cover you want and save it to your computer for later reuse. An acknowledgment of the fact that they came from the GCD would be nice.
6EQUJ5WOW
Mike, if you want to start working on getting either
a) the GDC data or b) I dont know if we can or want to use this though: http://www.comicvine.com/api/
As for the DATA, if we get in an mySQL format i can build the model/relationships super easy if i know the queries. SO if you downloaded the data, and started working on "views" for our models, you know like the query by, and maybe even just start with what views / endpoints we need to make out off our data.
I can keep working on getting the frontend Angular and backend YII2 REST framework
http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-rest-quick-start.html
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