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 17, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyright Licensing, Copyrights |
United States copyright law grants the creator of any creative work the right to their creation. It means that a creator has the exclusive right to their work, and the right to make copies, make derivative works, and distribute the work. Notice that as a creator that...
by Angela Langlotz | May 29, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyrights |
Who owns your selfies? You do. And as the copyright holder, you have the right to prevent others from making copies of them or using them in a “derivative work.” Copyright law gives artists and creators the right to the exclusive use of their work the moment the...
by Angela Langlotz | May 15, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyright Registration, Copyrights, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Monitoring, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
How to Protect Your Trademark or Copyright Against Foreign Infringers? Copyright and Trademark infringement is big business, and there’s lots of money to be made in the sale of counterfeit goods. Companies spend millions of dollars in advertising and promotion of...
