I WROTE A FILM ADAPTATION OF AN OUT OF PRINT NOVEL AND WANT TO BRING IT TO THE SCREEN.CAN'T FIND THE AUTHOR.WHAT DO I DO?

If you can't find the owner of the copyright in the book then you can't lawfully make the movie. So keep looking. It makes no sense to hire an...

In what circumstance would it be legal to stream outsourced media that is licensed, copy written, or trademarked? -Sincerely

I think your plan is to create a "video sharing website" that provides the "administrators [with] final say on what gets shown and produced on the...

Our marketing agency developed a service agreement w/ a client and it offered no termination clause or refund on initial payment

I think Company B hired your Company A to create a marketing logo. The companies entered into a written contract. B paid A the agreed-upon $4,000....

No attorney can, or will, publicly opine on whether a company is selling genuine or counterfeit products. That analysis is not only time-consuming...

I want to customize basketball jerseys from a wholesaler and sell them.

Q: "Is there any possible way to do this legally?" R: You answered your own question by admitting that: "The jerseys are going to represent NFL...

Dipping into game universe on website platform as service.

I'm in line with Attorney Bockhop. There is nothing new about in-game retail stores operating within games such as Second Life. Virtual world...

The way to prevent someone from patenting your invention, other than patenting it yourself, is to publicly disclose the invention in such a way...

I'm far less sure than my colleagues that displaying the posters in your video -- if for a short time and only in the background -- requires...

Can I videotape a friend's piano concert? I have permission from the player and from the venue.

First things first: You will own a copyright in the recording you create. The issue is to determine what you can lawfully do with that...

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Can a paragraph be deleted without the writer's permission?

As Attorney Zaremba notes, the First Amendment mandates that GOVERNMENT "shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech." Private...