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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XwizardgodxUsually copyright infringement in the US is handled between the aggrieved parties, as a civil matter. In the rare criminal...
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Although Wilfred Owen died in World War I (November 4th, 1918) only five of his poems had been published before his death. There...
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No one does. Frank Leslie's Illustrated News ceased publication in 1922. Under current US Copyright law all publications printed...
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MGM is the current owner of all pre-1997 Samuel Goldwyn Company films.
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If you have sheet music, it should be printed on the bottom of the first page.
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Yes you do.
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It depends what you want to do with it. Print Rights may be handled by the publisher, an individual, or an administrator. Small...
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No. Names, titles, logos, common words/phrases are not eligible for copyright protection.
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Copyright is based on the 1709 Statute of Anne. Over time, it changed in response to technological innovations and to reflect the...
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Yes it is.
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In the US the Copyright act is titled "Copyright Law of the United States" and is contained in Title 17 of the United States...
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I saw this "poem" somewhere and liked it but I lost the URL. PLease leave a copy of the poem and the name of the...
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It's called open source software.
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The song itself is in the public domain, but certain settings, performances, and recordings may have their own protection.
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Names, titles and common words/phrases cannot be copyrighted. The can be registered as trademarks however.
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Infringement and plagiarism are illegal but virtually unstoppable, so it's incumbent on the individual to do the "right thing"...
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The copyright act of 1967 title 16 section 107.... Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a...
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Deliberately bypassing technology put in place to protect copyrighted material is illegal under terms of Section 1201...
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There is no specified amount of how much of another persons work that you can use without permission, and with good reason. As...
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endures for a term consisting of the life of the author and 70 years after the author's death and in the case of work-for-hire...
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Deliberately bypassing technology put in place to protect copyrighted material is illegal under terms of Section 1201...
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Many copyright laws are severely outdated, and need to be significantly revised to reflect current technology. All too often,...
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Works are protected for the life of the creator plus 50 years. During that time, only the rightsholder may copy, alter,...
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If the only new aspect of the work is the arrangement of the existing works, nothing would be copyrightable. In an anthology of...
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If copyright law did not apply to the internet, it would be nearly impossible to monetize anything on it.
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Protection is automatic as soon as a work of sufficient originality is fixed in a tangible medium. If formal registration is...
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Wikipedia content is licensed under Creative Commons. The date that the page was last modified is at the very bottom of each page.
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Set the number lock on your keyboard press and hold the <alt> key & then press 0-1-6-9 on the numeric keypad.
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No; it is implied preemption, specifically field preemption. While the 1976 law in particular preempted state laws on sound...
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You don't. Characters cannot be copyrighted they must be protected by trademark As a practical example If I draw a picture of...
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In US copyright law the largest fine is set at $150,000.00 USD and the longest jail term I can find is 10 years.
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Banksia Productions Pty Ltd, of Adelaide.
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Generally, rightsholders tend to view gameplay videos as copyright infringement.
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Only publisher can tell you; check frontispiece.
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It depends what side of the equation you are on. If you are a content creator, you rely on copyright law to allow you to protect...
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It depends on the date of the books creation or publication date. For current works the term under US copyright law is life of...
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No; this would be considered public performance, which requires a license.
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The short answer is No. Simply giving credit for help in producing a work is not sufficient to establish a shared copyright. ...
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the person who wrote the book tales from grace chapel inn we have this moment wasdiann hunt and this book was copy righted in...
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Names, titles, & common words/phrases cannot be protected by copyright. In some cases, however, they may be trademarked.
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It depends on the country. In the US, registered works since 1978 can be found in the online catalog of the Library of Congress...
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No law can be policed 100% effectively, but having the law in existence provides for punishment for violators and protection...
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Yes, although certain adaptations and editions may be protected.
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No. Copyright exists from the moment that a work, of sufficient originality, is fixed in a tangible medium (finished painting,...
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No because names cannot be copyrighted. Depending on the nature of the book it may, (and probably is) a violation of trademark.
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In the short term, you get what you want for free. However, in the long term, you may decrease the choice available to you, as...
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It depends on what you're doing with it. Any copyrighted material appearing on film or display in public is protected by...
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No. Names, titles, common words/phrases, etc cannot be copyrighted. They can, in some cases, be protected by trademark...
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Under current US law fines for non criminal infringement can range as high as $150,000.00 USD per infringement. However if the...
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Because any copyrightable work is automatically protected, it can be assumed that all websites are protected by copyright unless...
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Millions of text documents and other works are copyright 2009.
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Images that need the owner's permission to use in any form whatever. Most images are copyright. By law it happens automatically...
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Under current US law there is no provision to renew a copyright. In most cases it will expire 70 years after the death of the...
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RCA controls master rights, but the rights in each song are different.
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You would need a performance license from one or more Performance Rights Organizations.
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DC Comics acquired Captain Midnight in the 1980s. The movie serials are controlled by Columbia Pictures.
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On each movie's IMDB page, click on "see more" in the Company Credits section. Everyone listed under "production companies" is a...
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Works of sufficient originality are automatically protected by copyright as soon as they are fixed in a tangible medium.
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Without a license, yes. Danger Mouse's 2004 mashup The Grey Album, for example, sparked a small flurry of cease and desist...
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not if in the credits you remember to say thanks to the makers of littlebigplanet and the playstation or xbox makers itll be ok...
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In the United States, copyright protection is automatically applied to any creative work, including software, when it is...
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Without a license, yes.
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Ideas and concepts can be protected by patent. However copyright will only protect the expression of an idea not the idea itself....
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Copyright is a noun, or an adjective as in the phrase "copyright protection."
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hello my name is george and i am trying to open a buisness in the sports cards with custom mats and frames, the question is can i...
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It's legal if it comes from an authorized source, such as Netflix or Hulu.
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Dutton, a division of Penguin.
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Intellectual property protection is critical to fostering innovation. Without protection of ideas, businesses would not reap the...
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You would negotiate a license with the rightsholder, typically for a specific use.
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The song itself was written in 1968 by Mark James, and is administered by Screen Gems, a division of EMI. The BJ Thomas recording...
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Countries and organizations offering formal registration generally have searchable online catalogs. The US catalog, for example,...
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The current UK copyright law is the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended.
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Copyrights as in "One author can hold multiple copyrights simultaneously."
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Yes most books are protected by copyright as "literary works"
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The original King James Bible has a Crown copyright. In England there are regulations on it, but not in other parts of the world....
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The original Lord Kitchener poster is in the public domain; copyright protection expired 70 years after the death of the artist,...
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In the United States the two primary regulatory agencies with regard to intellectual property are the US Copyright Office and the...
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In the US market August 2, 2008 and in the UK & Australia, August 4, 2008.
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No. However they may be, and usually are, protected as trademarks.
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Copyright law does not treat film differently from any other form of intellectual property. As long as it meets the criteria...
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Under current US copyright law the factors necessary to make an infringement a criminal felony are set forth in Title 18 of the...
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In the most basic terms, patents protect inventions, and copyright protects creative works.
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As soon as it is written down, it is automatically protected by copyright. If formal registration is available in your country,...
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A sufficiently original design may be copyrightable, but a short saying would not be.
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You would need to lobby Congress to amend the law.
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As soon as a work of sufficient creativity is fixed in a tangible medium, it is automatically protected by copyright. Things...
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Absolutely; however the majority of uses require permission from the copyright holder.
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Deliberately bypassing technology put in place to protect copyrighted material is illegal under terms of Section 1201...
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No, but it may qualify for design patent protection.
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A work of sufficient originality is automatically protected as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium. There are no other steps...
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Music that has been registered with the Copyright Office. Under present law, copyright exists upon creation of a work; the...
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