Use of client logos without permission of the client is seldom legally proper and almost never smart. Disclaimers will seldom change that. If the...

Careful with the terminology. It's a statutory copyright under 17 USC 102 not a common law copyright for anything in the last 45 years. Also, the...

Does facebook own the pics i upload?

"Own?" NO. "Have a license to use" YES per their Terms of Service except where Facebook knows or has good reason to know that there are reasonable...

if that generic phrase was a trademark, then the font would make little difference. Phonetic similarity is often enough to generate confusion,...

The age of the picture is not "old" in copyright terms, but I agree with Attorney Ballard's view that the three D rights (distribute, derive and...

These parties infringed on my music in another country, and it is been distributed by a company in New York Jurisdiction.

I agree with Attorney Pek, if the infringer is stalling it likely means they think they can wait you out and not have to pay. Since you have a...

Can i get sued for uploading pictures taken by a photographer at a party to facebook?

YES, the photographer could say something like you at making commercial use of his photographs. Your "creatively edited" versions violate the...

I work for a medical clinic that has multiple waiting rooms in the same building. Can we show a purchased movie on each TV?

You can't legally broadcast that movie in one waiting room, let one multiple rooms. If NY City buys a DVD of a movie do you think they can show...

Am I violating any copyrights?

You did not violate 512(c). Rather, Facebook complied with it. 512(c) is the so called "safe harbor" provision of DMCA that applies to Facebook and...

Will writing a children's book named Harry Otter violate Copyrite laws

You mean trademark laws not copyright laws. YES, it likely would unless Harry Otter is an otter, as my able colleague notes. This is one of the...