Few legal principles inspire more confusion than copyright law. Our copyright lawyers often spend as much time educating our clients as we do digging into their specific legal issues. Copyright law, like other intellectual property rights, is inevitably fact specific. Obtaining legal advice about yo......[Read More]

A copyright symbol signifies a protected work.copyright image by YvesBonnet from Fotolia.comThe Copyright Act of 1976, enacted by the 94th Congress, is a revision of the Copyright Law of the United States Code. Protection now extends to any authored work, created in any tangible medium.........[Read More]

Coming up with a viable, concrete and feasible business idea is not child's work. It requires a lot of logical thinking, calculations, adjustments and re-adjustments. Once the idea has been put into place and it seems to thrive, other people will always come up and try to steal that idea away f......[Read More]

Rules about copyrights for films and movies are found in federal copyright law. These laws determine who owns the copyright, who can use the material in the film and when users need the copyright owner's permission to use the creative work. These laws also cover the unauthorized copying.........[Read More]

Copyright in Canada is the right to copy a creative work and exists automatically as soon as your work is created. However, registering your copyright with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) can give you legal protection in case there is ever any dispute over who holds the copyright to......[Read More]

Stealing is a crime, whether jewelry, money or information is being taken. Copyrighted information is claimed and registered as belonging to a particular person or group. There are some instances in which copyrighted information can be used without obtaining permission, but if it is taken and shared......[Read More]

Your game playing idea can't be protected without some form of fixed expression. In order to get a copyright, you must write the concept down. According to the U.S. Copyright Act, copyrights exist automatically in any "original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression," but cop......[Read More]

When you are running a successful business you get a lot of profit and turnover of that business. But you need to keep in mind that along with success you need to file taxes on ... ......[Read More]

Copyright protection has many applications to music.black copyright symbol image by Angie Chauvin from Fotolia.comCopyright law gives musicians and songwriters exclusive rights to copy, sell, distribute and perform their works, prohibiting others from doing so without permission..........[Read More]

Why are so many kids cheating these days in school? Are they under too much stress to succeed, are we teaching them the wrong way, are they just bored, pissed off and don't care? Or is it their role models taking steroids in sports, business men involved in fraud or our political leaders who li......[Read More]

A Copyright acquired by an individual or a party may be transferred to another party. To accomplish this some conditions must be carried out among the parties. This is a common practice in the music industry.......[Read More]

You own the copyright to your photos.However, if you sell your images outright to an agency, or if you are a contract photographer, you may be relinquishing your rights to your images, in which case the agency can modify your photo in any way they wish......[Read More]

The Copyright Act of 1976, also known as copyright law, governs the reproduction and sale of intellectual property, including software such as Windows 7. While a person who purchased a program legally may sell it to another, there are restrictions.......[Read More]

A copyrighted piece of music is a legally binding guarantee that the work is your intellectual property. This ensures that you have rights to profits earned by the work and that you can take legal action if the work is used without your permission. The law in the United Kingdom states that any origi......[Read More]

The U.S. Constitution serves as the basis for U.S. copyright laws.us capital building image by jedphoto from Fotolia.comWhile there is not a section of law dealing exclusively with audio books, this form of intellectual property is still subject to many of the same laws as regular print.........[Read More]

Many artists have asked me recently about protecting their images from online theft. Downloading photos from websites is as easy as 1-2-3 so... what can you do to protect your work, and more importantly, should you be worried about it?......[Read More]

Television programs are among the many creative works protected under U.S. copyright law. This means that owners of television program copyrights may exclude others from using or reproducing their work. It also means that the same exceptions, including fair use and educational use, apply.......[Read More]

Remember VHS? It wasn't pretty but it was legal.video tape image by jovica antoski from Fotolia.comIncreased piracy of motion pictures has led to a number of high profile cases such as those against file sharing websites. However, there are more minute aspects of copyright law that.........[Read More]

The following publishing industry article addresses some of the legal issues arising for publishing lawyers, entertainment attorneys, authors, and others as a result of the prevalence of e-mail, the Internet, and so-called "digital" and "electronic publishing". As usual, publishi......[Read More]

When it comes to trademarking many people think that it's as easy as using the trademark symbol on all print material and online media, however there's more to the trademarking process that you should know. Here we address some common questions: Do I have to register a trademark? While you......[Read More]