What are all the legal things I need to do when starting a website?

Q: "What are all the legal things I need to do when starting a website?" R: First, stop thinking that others will do your work for you. You...

You need to back way up. It's lawful to re-sell genuine, branded products as new if those products are lawfully purchased and are not used,...

Still using my name on their website as employed

The law provides the hiring party with a reasonable amount of time to remove your photograph and other identifying information from its website. ...

Do copyright pictures fall into public domain like books and music do?

Q: " When do pictures fall into public domain?" R: When the copyright, if any, that attaches to the picture expires. Under the 1909...

As the author of work that was not a work made for hire, can I halt all display of the work?

Q: "Can I demand that they take down the website and stop selling the materials I designed?" R: Very, very likely not. By agreeing to do the...

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It is very common for parties involved in a dispute to agree to settle their dispute under confidential terms.

What rights do I have to documents that have been copyrighted by a person who has also given me rights to these documents ?

What rights? There are only two: (1) the right to possess the documents and (2) the right to exploit the copyright in the documents. You...

I have copies of a drawn picture done by a deceased gentleman I bought the copies from his daughter Can I sell these on ebay?

Assuming the artist did not assign the copyright in his picture to someone else [say a gallery or a licensing company] then, yes, it would be...

Do we need to apply for a Disney license to include Disney plates in party boxes which were bought from reputable wholesalers

This is a tricky situation. You need to speak with your own trademark attorney. One of the things you will discuss is your obligation to...

If I had a website that had short summaries of news articles from other sources, would that be copyright infringement?

There is no black and white law on whether online news aggregators [or internet news clipping services] are lawful or not. The copyright "fair use"...