Want to have a website but copyright infrigement fear

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Since a while i want to make a website. My first idea was game review but i abandonned because copyright law are too perplex and i don't want lawsuit. My music playing, same thing:copyright to original artist. I'm not against that law. It's a very good thing but Canada gouvernement should make more flexib for people who talk about a thing while more severe sanction for offenders. My choice have stop to an Asperger related information website write in my word. I was beginning but i stop for a while. Sadly in french but maybe made a english version

I'm actually in school learning about computer security. I know for a fact that massive amounts of Intellectual Property are being stolen on a regular basis. The thing is, the entire human race combined would probably not have the resources to track everything down. Images are the easiest to copy and re-host.

It seems to me that industries care about losing money more than anything else. If you make a few hundred copies of a pop singer's new album and sell them in school for pennies each, or just give them away, that's blatant theft, and profiting therefrom. If you take an official banner and put it on your site, maybe take the time to add a simple citation... well, that's free advertising. Most (all) corporations have bigger fish to fry - not to say that they won't press charges or something. That's always a possibility, but it seems that getting caught or singled out is worse than being an IP thief. (Youtube seems to crack down on music hosting theft in alphabetical cycles, but I could be wrong...)

There's always some amount of risk... but if you're just a pilot fish that has no real significance to its host, the host will not care. If you decide to take a bit of the host, be prepared for consequences. The rule of thumb is to not do anything stupid, which is evidently more difficult than it sounds.

Above AND in most all cases where you aren't making money or really costing the other person money, you'll get a nasty-gram (letter from a lawyer) demanding that you "cease and desist" from what they find to be a violation. If you comply, there is really no grounds to take legal action.

J-P, reviewing music and games wont get you in trouble. Sharing the full versions will.

You can put screen shots of games and all that.

For a good idea, look at the guidelines for "fair use" for wikipedia.