I am curious about legal liability in the case of a fictional novel I am writing that uses a real, privately owned property.

So you want to be Dan Brown and do a pseudo-historical religious thriller or the like, along the lines of Angel & Demons or The Da Vinci Code....

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Likely, yes, however the cost of such a suit would exceed the likely damages unless there are aggravating circumstances such as pornographic...

Legally borderline. 17 USC 110(4) might arguably apply if there is no public transmission, but here I think it is too public. Still ASCAP, BMI &...

I want to make a plaque for outside the public library with Dr. suess characters on it.

This is borderline between infringement and fair use. If it is free and non-commercial, and you and the library consider it primarily educational,...

You should respond by hitting a copyright lawyer who knotted how to do that DCMA takedown notice. >

It is legal if the products are legal and authorized and do not infringe anything, otherwise you can get into one mellofahess. So without knowing...

You don't have to wait, but if the copyright infringement lawsuit threat is the main reason, you are jumping the gun. You need to see a copyright...

Am I infringing on a copyright?

You can sell them 17 USC 109(a) says "a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106 (3), the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord...

Undoubtedly, an attempt to collect royalties for playing song to seniors would be met with public disgust, but I must disagree with Attorney...

The 3 answers from attorneys Hyra, Koslyn, & Ross give you a good example of how lawyers can argue different sides of the same law based on the...