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 | 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... 
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 | Jun 16, 2018 | Copyright Licensing, Copyrights, Digital Millenium Copyright Act
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. There are, however, exceptions...