Uploading video gives them the right to my copyrighted design?

By uploading you are agreeing to the contract. Each word in the contract can have meaning that protects your legal rights. For example the word...

What are my intellectual property rights as a business owner to content created by an employee?

First you must make sure there was a true employer/employee relationship. The copyright office has a circular...

Can a public library use the Star Wars quote "The force is strong with this one" as part of a library card registration drive?

You may be able to use the quote, but are you going to use it alone? Does it make sense to use it without any images or other Star Wars art? If...

Copyright infringement

Copyright laws are almost always enforced by individuals who own the rights. If you have agreements with the manufacturer does that agreement...

You can get sued for a lot of things. Sometimes people get sued even when they did not do anything wrong. There are a few follow up questions:...

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How do i make sure a work is public domain?

It is not likely that you will be able to make sure that it is in the public domain. If there is evidence of a copyright filing, and you confirm...

Do I have exclusive rights to a work I have modified that is distributed under the CC Attribution Unported 3 License

You do not have exclusive rights if someone else retains rights. The CC license is a license and the original copyright holder retains rights. ...

Is it legal to sell things like shirts or posters of pop culture but transformed as animals (i.e. cats)?

There are likely two areas of intellectual property involved here. First is copyright. You admit that you are basing your work off of a...

You will get sued if take this route. Trademark law is designed to protect consumers from becoming confused. If you use the logo of a sports...

Trademark and copyright law

Trademark infringement is not black and white. The question that the law asks to determine if there infringement is the following: Are your...