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I will have a professional reader/editor to read my movie script and review it, how can I reseve my copy right?
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Answered on April 11, 2013
As prior posters mentioned, all you have to do is register the script with the writers guild (link below). Presumably your contract with the editor...
Is it legal to sell T-Shirts with images that look similar to previously existing characters?
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Answered on April 11, 2013
The answer is simple but not very helpful: it depends. For example, you can sell illustrations of a mysterious superhero who "resembles" other...
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Photographs of exhibition stands (commercial architecture) for blogging purposes.
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Answered on April 11, 2013
If you actually take a picture yourself of the exhibition stand and include that photo in a post discussing the exhibition, you don't need...
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Can I use trailers from a movie theater, cut them up and make them into a piece of art to sell?
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Answered on April 11, 2013
Interesting. Without actually seeing the work or knowing how you got the trailers, it's hard to say. It sounds like you have an good...
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Being accused of copyright/Patent infringement - is it black & white or is there 'gray' area?
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Answered on April 11, 2013
The company accusing you of infringement is not going to sit down with you and discuss proof, they are going to sue you if you persist (generally)....
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I have a questions regarding Mechanics Liens against a commercial property in CA
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Answered on March 27, 2013
I don't think you have to give a preliminary notice as the prime contractor -- there should be a standard lien notice in the contract documents --...
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I am the registered owner of a website domain that a former employer is using. Can I shut the site down.
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Answered on March 11, 2013
That would be a bold and -- to be blunt -- rather dumb thing to do. If you acquired the domain name for the company as an employee and they...
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How can Amazon sell my copyrighted book as a download without paying me royalties?
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Answered on February 15, 2013
Assuming your copyright has reverted to you from the publisher, I suspect you need to contact your publisher and see what the terms of the deal...
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Scientific discoveries, by author given away without permission by books google unlimited"snippets".Why buy cow if milk is FREE?
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Answered on February 15, 2013
Book snippets are not defined in any rigorous way -- they're merely a short segment of the book, not necessarily a summary or synopsis of the...
Can i use a 'tiny' TV show quote at the beginning of my novel without permission?
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Answered on December 12, 2012
While you run the risk of being sued for copyright infringement simply by virtue of the fact that we live in a litigious society, a snippet or...