Is it copyright infringement to change (for performance) masculine lyrics to gender neutral lyrics and altar profane lyrics?
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Answered on December 16, 2011
Yes. This is copyright infringement. You are creating a derivative work without permission from the songwriters and/or their publishers. The...
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I received a letter from an attorney saying I used content from another website. I did and I immediately took it down.
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Answered on December 16, 2011
If you published an article or photograph written by someone else on your web-site, you have engaged in copyright infringement. It does not matter...
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I received a letter from an attorney saying I used content from another website. I did and I immediately took it down.
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Answered on December 16, 2011
If you published an article or photograph written by someone else on your web-site, you have engaged in copyright infringement. It does not matter...
What is "personal, non commercial use" and it's opposite?
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Answered on December 15, 2011
This is not personal non commercial use. A restaurant is a business. You can get yourself and the restaurant in hot water if you do this
What is "personal, non commercial use" and it's opposite?
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Answered on December 15, 2011
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Legal Advise in NY State
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Answered on December 14, 2011
Your relative needs to retain counsel to handle this for him. His use of a false identity constitutes fraud, grand larceny, theft and...
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When should I make a settlement agreement?
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Answered on December 14, 2011
If your ISP has informed you about a subpoena, this means that you probably have already been named as a defendant in a copyright infringement...
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I want to use a phrase for a tshirt design, and a famous athlete has used the phrase but not trademarked, is this legal?
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Answered on December 14, 2011
If a famous athlete has used a phrase repeatedly for purposes of promoting his "brand" and "name", then he may have acquired trademark rights in...
Is it illegal to type up the words of a song for on a wedding program?
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Answered on December 14, 2011
If you copy the entirety of a song's lyrics in a wedding program, in all likelihood this constitutes copyright infringement (assuming that the song...
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Can I sell artistic interpretaitons of photographs that I captured at a concert?
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Answered on December 13, 2011
Even though this was a public event, the artists who appear have rights of publicity. While you may appropriately use the photographs for purposes...
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