Is it lawful to rent print books?

The short answer is, yes, copyright law permits renting lawfully acquired books. And now for the rest of the story … Copyright law at 17...

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Attorney Caldwell quite reasonably sees the situation as not needing a legal analysis because, as a practical matter, the owner of the copyright in...

Copyright And Sheet music

Q: "Would this technically be copyright infringment?" R: This question is neither interesting nor complicated. No, it is not infringement. ...

Public performance and copyright

To piggyback on Attorney Parron's excellent response I would change it just a bit to: "The bar MUST have a license from ASCAP, BMI, SEASAC or all...

How Close To Copyright Can A Design Be For A Physical Promo Item? Illegal to give away for free?

The company that owns the movie theater has, whether it knows it or not, a contract with the company that's distributing the movie. That contract...

Remove a trademark "from existence"? Like back in time to when it was never used? Or just "deleted" from all things on which it was ever affixed? ...

Is it legal to sell a well-known brand of energy drink for a price significantly less than the market price sold at stores?

Q: "... is it legal for me to sell it at $2 a can? or even $1.50 a can if I am able to get a better wholesale rate?" R: As my colleagues...

Online stores are selling copied DVD's and getting away with it. How is this possible?

Way too often people believe that because a book, or movie, or song is no longer made or sold by the company that owns the copyright in the work...

Is this copyright infringement/can I get into legal trouble over this?

You were told in response to your last question that it's unlawful to publicly use another person's likeness for your own personal [and certainly...

I need advice about Getty Images.

Q: "... Getty's is still demanding payment after I informed them my domain register was the one who provided me with the starter site." R: But...