Downloading copyright protected content is unlawful and is often tracked to IP addresses so you can get zapped into a lawsuit that way. It might...

The only time you can use another's creative content is if you have permission usually through a written license agreement or if your use falls...

Can a label claim copyright infringement against a remix artist for using material provided to them by the record label?

If the RA was paid to produce the remix work product even if without a written contract, then an implied license was granted to the OA and RL to...

How do I get rights for my bass lines?

Any creative expression will be covered by copyright law automatically. Then you register the work with the US Copyright Office so to perfect your...

Can I publish a front page of a newspaper in a book I am writing. I cannot find a copyright notice. Publish date 12/08/1941

The only way that work would still be under copyright protection is if it was published with a notice AND renewed. It is highly doubtful but...

Because trademark rights stem from use in the US not from registration, the first user will always have senior use rights under common law that...

Can I do this legally?

You received some great responses. Merely creating an app that is modeled after another will not infringe, but copying code, graphics, text, etc....

Can you retain composition copyright in a work made for hire contract if it says they only want the sound recording rights?

As noted, yes, you can assign only the master or other components of a work. I would not want to opine on an agreement where I only have one short...

Permission needed to upload a 20-30 second clip of an a capella group singing a song attached to a GoFundMe page?

No, you cannot use this to help support your fund raising efforts without a license from them. If there was some "fair use" rational like you were...

Being you are specifically discussing names or brands (business name, logos, taglines, etc.) then this is a trademark matter. There may be...