Do I need permission from a past university project to recite verbally their translation of ancient texts on my YouTube channel?

A translation of a literary work that's in the public domain -- such as an ancient text -- can be a copyrightable "derivative work." Two of the...

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Reproducing and splicing together bits of other peoples' songs, and recording your own performance of other peoples' copyright songs, does not...

The Iron Throne as shown in the Game of Thrones is a copyrighted sculptural work. A photograph of the Iron Throne, or a replica of it, is not...

I made up lyrics (parody) to an existing Christmas song can I copyright those lyrics ?

The answer depends on how you characterize your work: your choices are (1) a literary work or (2) a musical composition. As my colleagues note,...

The answer depends on the song lyric and how you modify it. For example, a bakery owner may almost certainly lawfully dress its employees in...

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Do i have the right to sell T-shirt’s using a logo of a picture of a Church that I photographed years ago?

With narrow exceptions, the owner of a building does not own any exclusive rights in images taken or created of the building. I can, for...

Can i use the colors and team name and sell these items?

Here’s the general rule: It’s unlawful under trademark law for a person to offer to sell a product or service branded with or using a word, term,...

Who owns the songs? And what are the other members rights?

Making music is a wonderful and satisfying hobby. But trying to make money making music is a business -- and that means you need to learn the music...

What rights do I have to keep a website domain name that contains the trademarked name of a past employer's products.

There are, at least, three ways your former employer could force you to transfer to it the domain name registration that you own -- each without...