How can i protect myself from copyright infringement on the actual content of my website, and it's users?

You're worried about the wrong end of this issue. If you publish a website that permits visitors to post or share copyrighted music, videos...

Infringing copyright is very likely not your legal concern. The general rule is that short phrases [including a song lyric] are not copyrightable...

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Can I use my great grand son's middle names and cartoon pictures of him in my book without his father's consent.

You're writing a children's book using as characters cartoon-versions of your grandchildren and great-children and identifying them only by their...

Do you have to copyright something in order to be protected

As my colleague notes, the "name" of an event is not copyrightable. If, however, you've used the name before when promoting your "event" at...

Copyright question about texts on a website.

The type of copyright infringement that applies in your situation occurs when a person has "access" to an existing copyrighted work, creates a new...

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My daughter is writing some great songs,what form of copyright is need to sale her songs on itunes or even sale the songs wrote?

You're really asking how to create a business by making and selling music. So read two or three or ten books about the music business. Visit the...

Do I have a case and who can I speak to?

As noted by Attorney Balfus, there are many more facts in play than you've disclosed. The threshold inquiry is whether you had the right to...

Need few clarification on using creative commons licensed content.

I have very little doubt there are very few, if any, movie posters made for movies released in the last 40 years that are now in the public domain....

Trademark Question - Can't find goods & services International Class for filing

First, have you had your own attorney "clear the rights" to the mark you've selected? If not, how do you know you can lawfully brand your product...

Can I sell shirts that mock other colleges, but not directly the college name?

As a general rule it's lawful to sell a product that is, or somehow conveys, an obvious parody of another's identity, brand or product. Selling...