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- Protecting Your Work with Copyrights
- Copyright is a form of legal protection for the creators of original works. It covers literature, plays and other written works; music; choreographed dances; paintings, illustrations, graphics and sculptural works; motion pictures; sound recordings; and architectural works. There are no forms to fill in and no fees to pay: Copyright...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- Respecting the Copyrights of Others
- Copyrighting is the process of legally protecting the creative products of yourself or others. If your business uses articles, literature, music, or other published work in producing goods or providing services, it may be at risk of violating the copyright of that work. This article outlines the types of published...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- Understanding the Importance of Intellectual Property
- Intellectual property IP comprises the creativity and innovation that people develop and own, much as they own physical property such as land, a building, or a business. Intellectual property is also a legal concept that enables persons to control and benefit from their creativity and innovation. There are four main...
- Articles 2007-03-27
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- Inside Word: There's No Economic Value In A Copyright
- The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies.Blogger: William PatryPosition: Senior copyright counsel, GoogleBlog name: Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars Backstory: Patry has practiced copyright law for more than 25 years, and...
- External links 2009-08-14
- AFACT v iiNet: Michael Malone grilled on copyright breach policy
- iiNet chief executive officer, Michael Malone kicked off iiNet's case as the first witness in its legal battle with the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft AFACT in the Federal Court today. In the witness box, Malone confirmed that he knew of the 5000 copyright breach notices iiNet received from AFACT...
- News items 2009-11-01
- Flickr treads more lightly in copyright matter
- Flickr has adopted a less severe way of handling copyright infringement claims after a small firestorm of controversy erupted about a photograph of President Barack Obama modified to look like The Dark Knight's rendition of the Joker comic-book villain.Previously, certain copyright infringement complaints were met with the removal of an...
- News items 2009-09-02
- Fraud on the Copyright Office. (The Law of the Line).(Brief Article)(Column)
- Fraud on the Copyright Office can invalidate a copyright registration. As you may recall, copyright registration is not a prerequisite to ownership of a copyright; copyright springs into existence automatically when a work of authorship is fixed in a Fraud on the Copyright Office can invalidate...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- Justin.tv Steps Up Copyright Protection Efforts
- Justin.tv has just announced a new copyright protection process it is initiating. The site is working with Vobile to filter content on Justin.tv using their database of content."As of this week we've begun fingerprinting all saved clips on Justin.tv and scanning them against Vobile's content database," Justin.tv VP Marketing Evan...
- News items 2009-08-12
- Copyright Law
- Unlike patent law, copyright law does not protect the underlying invention or idea, rather it protects only the method or manner of expressing the idea. A copyright arises when ideas or thoughts are put into the form of sentences, words, paragraphs, computer programs, sketches, pictures, graphs, or any other method...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Copyright Registration and Enforcement
- What's Below: Why should I register my work with the U.S. Copyright Office? How do I register a copyright? How are copyrights enforced? What are defenses to a claim of copyright infringement? Why should I register my work with the U.S. Copyright Office? You...
- Research articles 2004-09-15
- COPYRIGHT
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COPYRIGHT Sections within this essay: Background Definition of Copyright History of Copyright Copyrightable Works What is Copyrightable What is Not Copyrightable Copyright Ownership Registration, Deposit, and Notice Identify Ownership Attributes of Ownership Duration of Ownership Copyright Infringement Definition of Infringement Defense to Infringement: Fair Use Remedies...
- Research articles 2005-10-25
- White Paper?Copyright and the Internet: An Introduction to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Related Issues
- This publication provides an introductory survey of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA") and recent case-law developments affecting the application of copyright to the Internet. The copyright law aims to benefit society by fostering the creation and dissemination of works of authorship. It achieves this goal by providing...
- White papers 2002-07-18
- Are Copyright Collecting Societies Efficient? An Evaluation of Collective Administration of Copyright in Europe
- This document examines the conditions for an efficient collective administration of copyright. Copyright collecting societies CCS play a key role in the field of copyright management. They are non-governmental non-profit organizations, which administer the rights of copyright holders. They negotiate licenses with users and receive payments they distribute among their...
- White papers 2002-05-20
- French revolution.(copyright law)
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * Both France and Canada impose consumer taxes to compensate copyright owners for economic losses, which relaxes those countries' copyright enforcement standards. * As copyright legislation differs internationally, it EXECUTIVE...
- Research articles 2005-05-09
- Copyright Clearance Center Introduces ''Copyright Plus'' Desktop Compliance Solution; Pfizer Inc. First to Implement New Licensing and Education Resource
- DANVERS, Mass. -- Copyright Clearance Center, the world's premier provider of copyright licensing and compliance solutions, today unveiled CopyRight Plus--a desktop solution that helps companies make it easier and faster for their employees to comply with copyright law. Copyright Clearance Center will demonstrate their newest offering at the Special Libraries...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- Do not bypass go.(Copyright applied to Internet)(Brief Article)
- Critics, including academics and library personnel, fear Copyright Office ruling will impede 'fair-use' access to content The U.S. Copyright Office has narrowly defined when online users can legally circumvent copyright protecdon, and critics Critics, including academics and library...
- Research articles 2000-11-06
- Copyright Office Issues Report on Distance Education and Copyright Law.(Brief Article)
- As mandated in 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act (H.R. 2281), the U.S. Copyright Office has issued "Copyright and Digital Distance Education" (www. loc.gov/copyright/disted/). The 348-page report surveys the practical and legal issues about distance education and concludes with a consideration of whether copyright law should be...
- Research articles 1999-09-01
- Copyright office urges review of cable bills. (United States Copyright Office)
- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Copyright Office urged a House copyright subcommittee last week to review program-access and non-discrimination provisions contained in major cable legislation in the House and Senate. Ralph Oman, chief of the Copyright Office, said these provisions, contained in...
- Research articles 1992-01-20
- Federal Court Throws Out UMG's Copyright Suit Against Veoh
- A federal judge in Los Angeles has thrown out a Universal Music Group’s copyright infringement lawsuit against video sharing site Veoh. UMG has lost similar cases; this is the second legal loss for the record label in its charge that Veoh violated its copyright because users uploaded videos to...
- External links 2009-09-14
- Verizon tests sending RIAA copyright notices
- Verizon customers who pirate music files may soon receive an unwelcome letter from the company.Verizon, the second largest phone company in the United States, is expected to begin issuing "copyright notices" on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America to those accused of illegally downloading songs from the Web,...
- News items 2009-11-13
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