Copyright Law
The rights assigned to the creator of an original work, for a certain time period, in which its publication, distribution and adaptation are protected.
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XwizardgodxTM vs. SM vs. ® vs. © Copyright © laws protect ownership of things like music, writing, artwork, photographs, and other...
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Not even a little bit, assuming the software, music, and TV shows are covered by copyright law (which they almost certainly are)....
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Under the laws of more than 160 countries, copyright is granted automatically to the author upon the event of recording a...
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Well, they probably told you not to bring your camera in the first place. Usually, on the ticket, program, or somewhere posted...
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Assuming the material was created and first published after 1977, it would be 70 years for works authored by a person, 95 years...
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Respecting copyright law means not copying, altering, distributing, or performing/displaying anything that is not your wholly...
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No; many are protected by patent law. See the Google patent search below for examples.
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Here are several opinions and answers from WikiAnswerers: Generally speaking, yes, even if you don't see a copyright notice....
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No. Names, titles, slogans, and common words/phrases are not eligible for copyright protection. In many cases however they are...
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No, but it is a registered trademark of American Theatre Press, Inc.
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in the UK it dosent count
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Yes, "Night of the Living Dead" is a good example, which fell out of Copyright after they failed to note a copyright notice in...
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Under U.S. copyright law, individual words cannot be registered for copyright. If "bamboo" is being used to identify the source...
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It is a violation of Copyright Law. A civil offense.
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No. Names, titles, common words/phrases, logos, symbols, and slogans are not eligible for copyright protection. In some cases...
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You cannot copyright a business name, but you can register it as a trademark.
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The copyright page is generally on the reverse of the title page, and includes copyright information and cataloging data from the...
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For personal use yes, but if you want to reproduce it for other people to use or see outside your house you will need to get...
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Transfer of intellectual property must be done in writing. See the "transfer of copyright" section of the pdf linked to below for...
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"I am going to make it a personal mission to...."
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Malaysia's copyright law is Act 332, the Copyright Law of 1987. More information can be found at the link below.
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Yes, but only if it has been contractually assigned to you or you inherited it. According to the U.S. Copyright...
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Typically, no. But a word appearing as a work of art (say, Philadelphia's "Love" sculpture) could be protected, and single words...
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It just means general copyright, as a concept, as opposed to a specific right on a specific material. A generic copyright letter...
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It is a trademark registered by Sony Japan in 1997.
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Most countries' laws are very similar, based on the Berne Convention. The US and several others have extended protection from...
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Fashion, for whatever reason, is not protected by copyright, although there is discussion about changing that. In the mean time,...
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Copyright law protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. It can include...
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Unfortunately there is no clear answer on how much of anything can be used without a license. Currently the courts are focusing...
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It varies, based on who received a composer credit, but a significant majority are controlled at least in part by EMI April.
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Modern copyright is based on the Statute of Anne, 1709.
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Yes, unless it is posted by a legal source such as Netflix or Hulu.
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Max Vargas and Astrid Conte; they may be contacted at the link below.
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"Copyright" or the copyright symbol in a notification is a reference to a set of laws (in the US, Title 17) protecting the rights...
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According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office: A Copyright is a form of protection provided to the authors of...
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Registering a Copyright OnlineYes, you can. Go to this website: http://www.copyright.gov/forms/ which is the Electronic Copyright...
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Yes, but it varies between countries, types of IP (copyright, trademark, patent), and sometimes even within those types. In the...
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Define what you mean by "fanciful" words. Some corporate names and trademarks which contain words or combinations of words can...
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This is a point of contention. The American University Center for Social Media video "Remix Culture" (link below) is a good...
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Here are the published filing fees of the U.S. Copyright Office as of 2006. These are subject to change, and also note that...
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Copyright law in New Zealand is constructed very similarly to the UK/Australian/US standard. In New Zealand, copyright is an...
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2007; the current reprint edition is dated 2009.
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You might start by contacting the publisher. They will know who owns what rights in the drawings, and may even know if they are...
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Copying, altering, or distributing a protected work without permission of the copyright holder would be an infringement of...
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Was it original material? If the singer wrote the tune and or the lyrics, he's the copyright holder, unless he sold it or...
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To a certain extent, the printing press. Prior to the Statute of Anne, the Stationers' Company (a union of printers) controlled...
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Start by trying to determine the date, who was the photographer (or photographer's employer), and whether the photograph was ever...
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it could protect you from plagarising
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In the United States, anyone found to have infringed a copyrighted work may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for...
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Copyright law is a subset of Intellectual Property (IP) law.
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Legally, none, not one little bit. Yes, technically, none. Or at least none of the copyrighted parts (new creative works). But...
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5,000 GBP and ten years in prison.
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Brief quotes, properly cited, do not require permission. More extensive quotes may require a license, particularly if they embody...
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yes it is and it is also piracy. Lets say you were a singer and you made music for a living. You did pretty well as a singer but...
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It depends which side of the equation you're on: someone making money from copyright, or someone paying for a license.
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Depending on the seriousness of the crime there can be substantial penalties. A first offense carries a maximum fine of 50,000 to...
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Works are protected by copyright as soon as they are fixed in a tangible medium. Protection varies by country, but most are based...
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Only use materials for which you are the creator, or for which you have an exemption in the law or permission from the copyright...
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You can be fined for violatoin. You can also have a criminal record.
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Typically, no. As a creative work, a mural would be protected automatically as soon as it was painted.
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When licensing something to a broadcaster, it will generally include "updates, repeats, re-airs and in context promotions, and in...
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When you use materials that are not entirely your own, for which you don't have an exception in the law, or for which you don't...
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Rightsholders are strongly encouraged to settle with infringers for real damages. However if the case reaches the court, the...
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No. Copyright is assigned to the Dr. Seuss Foundation, and administered by Audrey Geisel.
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As a creator, you are given the exclusive right to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display your work, or authorize others to...
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The copyright for any work protected under the current US Copyright Law will last for the life of the author plus an additional...
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No different than that of the general public. Students do not get special legal allowances. They do however face the additional...
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The sale of a copyright results in an "assignment" of the intellectual property rights embodied in the copyright, not to mention...
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Absolutely. The ease of copying and distributing online makes it exceptionally convenient for rampant infringement.
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Only if you take some of their ideas and re-phrase them. You cannot copy exactly what they have. Copyrights are seldom worth the...
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The game Twister® is protected by copyright, trademark, and patent. The original graphics are protected by copyright...
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Abbott and Costello Enterprises.
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First, look for an indication on the material itself: a copyright page in a book, a watermark on a photo, a notification on a...
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In most cases processed by U.S. law, the answer is "no". A simple search and replace of code, or any copyrighted content, does...
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Most public performance rights are handled by ASCAP and BMI; reasonably-priced blanket licenses are available from each at the...
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Unless specified otherwise, yes.
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Violating copyright law and defending your rights are opposite ideas. The legal impact of breaking copyright law varies from...
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A copyright is a document granting exclusive right to copy, publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work. You need a...
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As noted in Kookica's disclaimer, the site itself does not include any infringing material. However, when you watch or download...
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If you already own a copy of the song, then copying it from a digital file to CD is not a problem. Copying from vinyl to tape or...
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There are several hundred different companies using the phrase "yellow pages" or "yellow page" as part of their trademarks, but...
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Chances are that they both have a license to produce and use the name. But the picture was evidently created over 100 years ago,...
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Copyright laws apply to digital materials in the same way they apply to physical materials, but because the internet makes...
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No; it is controlled by the Weill Foundation.
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Copyright is automatic, as soon as the work is fixed in a tangible medium. If formal registration is available in your country,...
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The practice of copyrighting music is generally accepted, as a means of protecting the intellectual property of musicians, but...
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There are two types of permission involved: if you wish to make your own recording (or any type of derivative work) of the tune...
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as much as the ink costs to print the words "copyright © year author"
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Ethernet was a trademark of Xerox Corp., which relinquished the trademark when it was standardized by IEEE as IEEE 802.3. As it...
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"to promote the advancement of science and the useful arts."
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No. Performances must be licensed through MTI.
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It's neither. It's just called the legals page.
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The logo is registered as a trademark, and can be protected in perpetuity as long as it is in use.
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Lucie Attwell LTD is located in Essex; see the link below for contact information.
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The easy answer is, it's the law. There are fines and other punishments for infringers. But a more meaningful answer is that the...
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Ideas can't be protected by copyright, only the expressions of them; the novel will automatically be protected once it's written...
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It varies from work to work. Some are administered in the US by Warner Bros, others by Helene Blue, etc. The most effective...
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