I am wondering if having a 1 or 2 second long sound clip play during a video counts as fair use.

As my colleagues note, there is no set answer to your question. Each circumstance must be evaluated on its own particular facts. You should...

I have ideas and business plans that I want to get in motion, do I need a patent attorney?

You need to do your own research on how to convert your product ideas into a profit-making products because only you know your particular plans,...

How do I copyright an item that I crafted myself?

The rule is that EVERYONE may lawfully make and sell a product that someone else also makes so long as the product -- or a part of it -- is not...

I donated a painting to a school but I have the copyrights to it can they advice it in the New paper no artist name

Please see my response to your identical question.

I donated a painting to a school can the New paper Advertise the painting that I have copyrights to and not put artist name

The decision by the news outlet to not identify the painter's name is not a legal wrong. The only issue at hand is whether the news outlet...

Do the rights to use stock photos and illustrations transfer from a design agency to a Client?

Q: "Does the license for using these automatically transfer to us as their Client or not?" R: NO. The Shutterstock license is granted ONLY to...

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There are [at least] two levels of copyright infringement in your scenario. The DJ almost certainly did not have the right to upload the sound...

You need to buy licensed shirts -- otherwise you would be committing both copyright and trademark infringement. The official Peanuts By Shultz...

Trademark intrusion possible obstical.

If the other company's registration ultimately issues then its registration application date is the company's "constructive" date of first use of...

While you own the copyright in the documents on which your diagrams [and text?] appear, it is NOT an infringement of that copyright for a person to...