Fair Use vs. Copyright Infringement regarding photographs/images

I also agree that the website owner is quite likely WRONG when asserting that their re-publication of others' material on their advocacy website is...

I have been named in a federal civil copyright infringement case and I am unemployed, no assets and broke. What to do?

Because the lawsuit "was filed out of state" and you sold very few of the allegedly infringing items there is a very good possibility that the...

Am I able to title my guitar instructional DVD "Learning How to Play Jimi Hendrix" without obtaining permission to use his name?

I depart from the conclusions of my non-intellectual property law attorneys. Whether the Hendrix estate owns any "rights of publicity" in Jimi...

Is it legal, for me to put a copyright on a book that had no copyright put on it? And also profit from it as an ebook?

The copyright term for a book created before January 1, 1977 is controlled by the 1909 Copyright Act [as well as certain latter-enacted...

Can we sell handmade cards, using supplies that are college themed (Notre Dame, Ohio State, etc.) purchased from a retailer?

It is lawful to buy Branded Product A from a retailer and then re-sell that product as is in its original packaging. The "first sale" defense...

To what extent can I design and sell a shirt that I did not manufacture?

You should read a few books on how to start and manage a clothing company. Visit the links below. One thing you will learn is that there are...

I am creating a new ecommerce website. Can I use the name of a popular movie to promote my costumes? Thank you.

Not lawfully. That would very likely be, at least, trademark infringement.

I am creating an app which will have reference to copyright material, will it be a problem?

Your statement that the product you intend to sell "... will have questions from a book" ends the analysis. No. You may not lawfully reproduce...

Very likely not. It is only sometimes lawful to sell a shirt that displays a quote made famous in a movie. The movie is itself a product and so...

Your "friend" -- let's call him Bob -- asked your company to film something. So you did -- apparently for free and apparently without ANY written...