Your question sort of misses the point. If you scan a hardcopy book, you are infringing the copyright, by making a copy of the work. This is...

Is it legal for a major professor to take text directly out of her graduate students thesis and use it in a publication?

Ion is one where the student needs to hire a lawyer, and to tread carefully so as not to jeopardize his/her degree award...

What legal docs do I need to submit scripts to networks to secure the “implied contract”...

You don't need any documents, you need an agent. The studios won't sign anything., anyway. Most entertainment lawyers won't do...

I am starting a business and I need to know how to get exclusive rights to the name?

It actually does depend on other information.... Start by (if appropriate) forming a corporation, LLC or other entity under the name in...

Can I change the lyrics to a song for use in an internal orientation video for employees at our public agency?

Probably not. You'll need to obtain permission for the use of the song, and most licensors won't authorize changes to lyrics. Of course...

Need advice on a "Cease and Desist" letter

The reason they want your sales records isI to determine how much money you've made from selling the allegedly infringing goods, so they can figure...

I would like to set up a company that films two consenting adults having sex but is only a cover for soliciting

Even if it were legally and ethically appropriate for an attorney to help you skirt the law in this way, you'd be crazy to do so. The...

Does this business have grounds to sue me on trademark infringement?

Yes, if your product and hers are in the same 'class of goods'. The test here is whether there's a likelihood of confusion in the mind of the...

Who owns the rights to a show, the producer? or a "presented by" organization when they didn't finance the project.

Based on the facts as presented, the writer of he material owns it.

What permissions would I need for a personal-parody business?

What you're describing probably wouldn't be a "fair use" type of parody. Under the copyright case law, a parody must actually be a parody of the...