by Angela Langlotz | Nov 10, 2020 | Copyright Registration, Copyrights, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
Your book might qualify for both copyright protection and trademark protection. Trademark and copyright protect different aspects of the book. A book has a creative aspect, in that the content of the book is written and laid out in a certain manner, using certain...
by Angela Langlotz | Mar 19, 2019 | 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 | Dec 28, 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...
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 | Nov 18, 2018 | 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. There are, however, exceptions...
by Angela Langlotz | Nov 3, 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...
