Can I resale a video that a company through in the garbage?

The good news is that you get to keep and enjoy the footage for your own personal use. The bad news is that you cannot now commercialize it without...

If I am writing an autobiography through a ghost writer, what type of contract do i need to protect my book ?

My colleagues all offered great comment, which I agree with. In my practice we refer to this agreement as a "ghost writing agreement." I...

Can i use a copyrighted image from a website to promote they product? Is that covered under fair use?

As noted, no. You really need to get some guidance here before investing anything. I suggest that you consult with a lawyer in private and...

I design hair barrettes and want to know if I just use a teams colors am I infringing?

If you do a good enough job so that I can look at your product and recognize that it represents my favorite team, irrespective of whether you use...

Can I write about sports teams and use pictures of logos to illustrate the info?

You can write about whatever you want and using trademarks in that writing is not necessarily a problem so long as you are not creating a false...

Got a copyright infringement notice email saying i should pay a settlement. should i?

The first question is whether you did it? In the vast majority of these kind of cases, no one will actually file legal action. This is because it...

You do not need permission to post otherwise lawful pictures of minors on FB. If that were required, almost every FB account holder would be...

Can a business legally claim "ownership" of a client and prevent a 1099 from working independently with said client?

Yours is a factually intensive scenario that will require a proper analysis before you can rely on any legal advice. That said, they can certainly...

I want to start a small business in a retirement neighborhood where I live. I want to charge a fee for services

I agree with my colleagues here. Aside from all the threshold considerations every new business has (e.g., entity formation, trademark,...

Irrespective of whether this amounts to infringement, it may still be considered academic misconduct. From a copyright perspective, if you are...