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Ronald Anthony Sarno
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One question is how were they to know the photo was your work? Was it...
Kaiser Wahab
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Again, as I mentioned elsewhere, please make sure that the photo at issue was...
Pamela Koslyn
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Specific copyright infringement claims, like trademark infringement claims, can'...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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If you want to know whether your amended software code infringes your...
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Dana Howard Shultz
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Please see my answer to your other (almost identical) question.
Pamela Koslyn
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Please see the Copyright Office database search link, linked below, so you can...
Pamela Koslyn
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Generally you have 3 years from the date you discovered or should have...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Everything you've proposed is perfectly legal. As soon as you take the ohotos,...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Super and right-on-the money response, as always, from Ms. Koslyn. One...
Bernard Samuel Klosowski Jr.
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As an initial matter, criticism, comment and news reporting generally are not...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Query: If I wrote a novel that basically ... re-tells the story of a classic,...
Pamela Koslyn
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Not every author whose work is used as a basis for another's work feels honored...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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The legal defense of sic faciunt omnes ("everyone is doing it") has never fared...
Pamela Koslyn
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These infringers don't know something you don't know, quite the opposite,...
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Joshua Michael Masur
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The answer is... it depends. But we can at least pin down the issue by name:...
Pamela Koslyn
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Copyright infringement is a difficult concept and not easily explained in a...
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Pamela Koslyn
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You need to know that some rightsholder most probably owns the rights of every...
Ronald David Coleman
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One can, but one risks being sued, or being threatened with a lawsuit and...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

As my colleagues have noted, the person about whom the movie was made enjoys a...
Kaiser Wahab
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While you might be able to make and actually obtain a copyright in a screenplay...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

You first need to determine if the painting is protected under copyright law....
Ronald David Coleman
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As usual, Pamela Koslyn has done a great job answering. As you can tell from...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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There are at least two separate issues in play: (1) is someone other than the...
Pamela Koslyn
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There's more you can do to manage your risks. You should own this company as a...
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Dana Howard Shultz
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It appears that your proposed use of the Great Seal would be a misdemeanor,...
Pamela Koslyn
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This wouldn't be a copyright issue, it would be a misuse of government property....
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

You've already received responses to a very similar question. http://bit.ly/...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Since parody is a version of the fair use defense to a claim of copyright...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Yes, you can be sued for a past infringement, if you caused harm to that...
Carlos Gonzalez
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Yes. ignorance of the situation is no defense and you may be sued for the...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

Based on your "additional information" I think you understand the take-away...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Generally, if you trade on someone else's proprietary property, and your...
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Kaiser Wahab
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Contributor Level 6

Generally speaking, what you describe is only copyrightable with regard to the...
Ronald David Coleman
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No, you cannot protect the copyright in your predictions or even your ideas....
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Ronald David Coleman
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Yes, there certainly is.
Kaiser Wahab
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You should be aware that this very question has been answered many a time by...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

Query: If I make a doll of say, a cougar, (the Washington State Mascot) that...
Pamela Koslyn
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Contributor Level 10

Dolls and stuffed animals can be copyrighted, and this may also be a trademark...

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