Is it copyright infringement to change (for performance) masculine lyrics to gender neutral lyrics and altar profane lyrics?
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Answered on December 18, 2011
Copyright law at 17 USC 110(3) states clearly that it's NOT an infringement to perform a musical work in the course of services at a place of...
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If I create and sell a game show to let's say universal and they get nbc to buy it. What percentage of ownership can I expect?
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Answered on December 17, 2011
Q: "If I create and sell a game show ... ."
R: Right out of the block you need to stop and re-think. You are most assuredly NOT creating a...
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Trademark vs Copyright...
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Answered on December 17, 2011
My colleagues may be a bit premature. There are certainly times when a character in a story is so well delineated that copyright attaches to the...
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Entertainment: (Music) As a Producer, when am I considered a "songwriter"?
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Answered on December 17, 2011
I take from your question that you’d like to know how much creativity, and of what type, a person must add to a musical composition [a song’s words...
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Do I need an attorney to write our terms of condition?
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Answered on December 17, 2011
Q: "We have a user generated content website ... ."
R: Which means that you let others publish content on your website. Which opens YOU up to...
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Website "Compare Us to" Question
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Answered on December 16, 2011
See http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/policystmt/ad-compare.htm for the government's take on the law of "comparative advertising" and then query Google for...
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Re Trademark name for a business. Name is registered with Pat/Trademark Office yet I note other restaurants use name. Why?
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Answered on December 16, 2011
We all need to remember the rule that even if a person owns a federal registration for a mark that registrant CANNOT sue to enforce that mark until...
Can an ancient or commonly known and used pattern (like a Native American Motif or African symbol) be copyrighted?
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Answered on December 12, 2011
One interesting aspect to this issue [which may not be relevant] is that federal law provides specific protection for "Native American Tribal...
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Is it okay to quote song lyrics in a documentary about a mans life?
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Answered on December 12, 2011
Whether you can lawfully entitle your movie using a line from a song depends on the line from the song. You very likely cannot lawfully entitle...
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Is it illegal to sell something like sony headset, which is replica?
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Answered on December 11, 2011
Q: Is it illegal to sell it?
R: That depends on what "it" is. If by "it" you mean a product that's labelled "Sony" but is not made by Sony then...
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