Setting up a webpage for my campaign...

[Telperion]

So, I'm in the process of learning about HTML, Java and other programming languages that I can use to my advantage while designing a webpage. The problem is that I know next to nothing about the legal side this stuff.

I would love to read up on the policies, etiquette and such that deal with setting up a website for an on-going D&D campaign. There are some pictures I'd like to put on my webcite (official ones), links to communities and official websites and just upload most of my campaign material in there while I'm at it.

But is this sort of thing possible in any reasonable way? Is official "material" going to cost me a lot of money? Who should I contact? And most of all: where can I get reliable information? Links, suggestion, helpful hints...everything is accepted...

 

[diaglo]

i've used smartgroups.com or groups.yahoo.com or even groups.msn.com or the p082.ezboards.com or proboards.com

 

[Dogbrain]

Linking to a site or specific web page is perfectly legal. This has been established in court. Linking to an IMAGE is a more fuzzy status. It might be legal, but it tends to lead to unfortunate results. One tactic, if a webmaster discovers that someone is imagejacking, is to change the name of the image file and update the files that refer to it, then replace the 'jacked image with something mildly unpleasant (or worse).

If the image is someone else's property, it is NOT free to reproduce and put onto your own site without permission. There is an organization that does go after web sites that engage in image theft of fantasy and science fiction images. They have gotten sites shut down. They are within the law and have access to some high-powered IP attorneys in several countries.