Can I use pictures of video game characters on an internet test?
Here's a plan: Make the game fully functional, ready to go, but don't publish it. Then do your best to get an audience with the owners of the...
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Here's a plan: Make the game fully functional, ready to go, but don't publish it. Then do your best to get an audience with the owners of the...
Not sure exacty what you mean. Are you asking whether you should include some sort of DMCA notice? The answer to that is no, there is no such...
Actually, let's use GI JOE as an example. If what you are selling are accessories (like little clothes) that fit the doll, then you are perfectly...
The earlier answers are dead on. Your question, although seemingly simple, is actually enormously complex. Each of the 4 major sports has its own...
Your question touches on a very common myth, that just because these videos are pubicly available, they must be public domain. The two are not the...
The Copyright Office itself has actually addressed this question. See: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html Patent law, however, is...
First, you should definitely not be using actual names and places on this site. Everything you post on here can be used against you in a lawsuit...
What you want to do would be considered preparing a "derivative work," which is one of the exclusive rights held by the copyright owner. So the...
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If you want any chance at all of getting some compensation for your idea, you should seriously consider doing what you can to get a patent...
Well, unfortunately the only way to do it without running afoul of copyright law is to perform all your own original material. Public performances...