by Angela Langlotz | Dec 4, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyright Licensing, Copyrights
So here’s the situation: You paint an attractive mural on a building, and it’s so amazing that some enterprising soul takes a photograph of it and then sells that photograph to others. Is that copyright infringement? Yes, absolutely. When you make copies of someone... 
by Angela Langlotz | Oct 16, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyrights
A viewer yesterday asked if it was permitted to make a painting from a photo that he took of a building on a college campus. He was told by campus authorities that is was not permissible under copyright law to create a painting from a photo of a building, that it was... 
by Angela Langlotz | Oct 1, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyright Registration, Copyrights
So here’s the situation: You paint an attractive mural on a building, and it’s so amazing that some enterprising soul takes a photograph of it and then uses that photograph to create coffee mugs, t-shirts, and posters. Is that copyright infringement? Yes, absolutely.... 
by Angela Langlotz | Sep 3, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyrights
Millennial songstress Miley Cyrus has been sued by Jamaican songwriter Michael May, who alleges that Miley’s 2013 song “We Can’t Stop” violates his copyright on a song he released 30 years ago called “We Run Things.” May seeks $300 million in damages for the alleged... 
by Angela Langlotz | Jun 20, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyright Licensing, Copyrights
Sometimes, and just sometimes, you can use someone else’s copyrighted work without permission! There are some exceptions to the requirement that you not use the work of another without them granting you a license to use it, and “fair use” is one of them. Generally... 
by Angela Langlotz | Jun 19, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyright Licensing, Copyrights
As the creator of any creative work, you own the copyright. However, when you upload your work to an online platform, you give up certain rights to the material that you are uploading. Recall earlier that I analogized your rights under copyright law to a bundle of...