If my song was published in 1990 but the Song Publishing agreement was signed in 1993, when is my 5 year window to reclaim?
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Answered on May 13, 2025
Research this U.S. federal law: 17 U.S.C. section 203. And in particular I believe subsection (a)(3) is of interest. Your own copyright attorney...
Can we (2) amend our civil complaint to reflect a class action suit in California?
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Answered on May 05, 2025
Question: “Can we amend our civil complaint to reflect a class action suit in California?”
Answer: No. Obtaining class action certification is a...
Is it legal to download Windows ISOs (operating systems no longer available from Microsoft)?
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Answered on April 30, 2025
Check what Microsoft’s relevant terms of use/service say on the subject and the terms of use/service from the site where the OS was downloaded from.
Do I need to copyright my children's book?
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Answered on April 28, 2025
First, with respect to writing children’s books you might NOT be the only author. For example, if you are the only person that does the writing...
Can I trader mark my deceased bother name for nonprofits organization ?
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Answered on April 18, 2025
Before getting into possible trademark issues, consider the issue of publicity rights, which can extend to the estates’ of deceased persons. As a...
Ok, if I want to make dolls after famous supermodels would that violate publicity laws here in California?
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Answered on April 15, 2025
You likely would need written permission from each such model; and your dolls should also be based off your own photos of the given model. Without...
Would there be any problem, making stylized portraits of historical people alive and deceased for a history book?
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Answered on March 31, 2025
I only add there may also be copyright infringement issues, on top of potential publicity rights issues, if the generated portrait is...
My Copyright Case says closed now. What do I do? Is this a successful registration?
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Answered on March 27, 2025
A status of “Closed” from the U.S. Copyright Office with respect to a previously filed copyright registration application merely means that the...
Is it illegal to sell cartoon drawings of what look like famous athletes that I created myself?
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Answered on March 16, 2025
Such a business plan does not sound like a good plan because even under best case scenario of winning the likely lawsuits against you – unlikely in...
Adjusting/acting upon DMCA request?
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Answered on March 16, 2025
DMCA Take Down Notices are for copyright infringement and go to the online third-party platform – that follows U.S. law – where the copyright...
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