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May I give someone a cd (the original) that I bought if I have downloaded mp3s off the cd and want to listen to them myself?
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Answered on December 22, 2009
Well now.
Though I don't have a dog in this fight the records label do and their former top litigator, Don Verrilli (now a DOJ associate...
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May I give someone a cd (the original) that I bought if I have downloaded mp3s off the cd and want to listen to them myself?
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Answered on December 22, 2009
You have succinctly identified the intractable digital copyright conundrum -- the issue is, to be cliche, a veritable puzzle wrapped in an enigma....
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I'm a subject to legal action for reporting my employers illegal activities?
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Answered on December 22, 2009
Report software infringement:
https://reporting.bsa.org/usa/home.aspx
Report internet-related...
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Are marketing ideas the property of the originator?
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Answered on December 21, 2009
Ideas are not property -- "property" being the concept that someone owns the (essentially) exclusive right to access and/or use whatever the thing...
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Can I face copyright infringement if a recipe was licensed to a company and I want to use and sell it in my business?
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Answered on December 21, 2009
Recipes are very often kept as secrets -- and as soon as the recipe is used to make something that's then sold, the recipe becomes a "trade...
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I'm looking to protect my own unpublished character for future book/doll/merchandise distribution. What should I consider first?
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Answered on December 21, 2009
First, visit amazon.com, query its books database for "small business," and buy and read a few books on starting a business.
Second, hire a...
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Who owns copyright on emails during courtship?
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Answered on December 20, 2009
No. Your wife owns the copyright in all that she has written and you may not, even fictitiously, publish her work w/o her permission.
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Who owns copyright on photos taken with consent?
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Answered on December 20, 2009
There are many life situations that transcend legal analysis -- and this is one. I, for one, have no interest in evaluating whatever rights you...
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Are permission or licensing rights needed in order to legally place the name of a famous city on clothing products for sale?
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Answered on December 20, 2009
As noted by Ms. Koslyn, city names can be shown on clothing w/o any trademark concerns being raised by the identified city (though state flags...
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AT&T is trying to fire me for making a simple website that opens up their site in a frame.
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Answered on December 20, 2009
If your employer is "trying to fire" you then there's no getting around the fact that you need to speak -- immediately -- with an employment lawyer...
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