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Richard Cunningham
Member since 20th June 2007
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02nd October 2007
If all else fails, you can file a copyright infringement lawsuit. This remedy has some drawbacks.Litigation can be costly. In many cases, the likely value of the misappropriated material and any damages received will be less than the amount ...
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02nd October 2007
If you steal materials from someone else and use it at your website, you might get away with it. It's possible that no one will notice. Even if someone does notice, you will probably just receive an email asking for its removal. If you comp...
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21st September 2007
In 1998, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act became a U.S. law. This controversial legislation was designed to bring copyright law in line with developing technologies and to afford protection to rights in the Internet environment.Though vas...
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11th July 2007
Free copyright music is often mistaken with free public domain music or music in which the copyright has expired. A copyright is in place for the lifetime of the author plus 70 years. If more than one songwriter has authored the music, then the copyright ...
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11th July 2007
Is there one governing law for international software copyright? According to agreements by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIP), any software written has an automatic copyright. This is a...
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11th July 2007
Software copyright laws are among the most difficult to enforce among the masses. Many companies and corporations are well known for overlooking these laws, which were designed to protect the creation of software from not earning their worth. Perhaps one ...
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11th July 2007
The Copyright Law Act of 1976 is the basis of United States copyright laws. The Copyright Law Act states the rights of copyright owners, the doctrine of the Fair Use copyright laws, and it changed the term life of copyrights. Before the Copyright Law Act,...
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05th July 2007
Music copyright infringement happens all around us every day, by people downloading music from their favorite social networking site to the guy who’s reselling MP3s. Most people who commit music copyright infringement don’t realize that it’s illegal...
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05th July 2007
Copyright infringement cases can be both costly and time consuming. Considering copyright infringement is something that isn’t as easily defined as theft or speeding, there are numerous copyright infringement cases changing the way copyright law is view...
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03rd July 2007
Many people have pursued the hobby of downloading movies and songs on the Internet and sharing them with their friends and family online. However, this is direct violation of U.S. copyright laws. Not surprisingly, the biggest violators of the movie copyri...
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03rd July 2007
If you're wondering how to copyright software, the good news is you've probably already done it. At least you have if you have ever written software. Most people get confused over exactly what having a copyright for their software means. Only those things...
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03rd July 2007
Music is copyrighted as soon as you present it in a fixed form. It doesn't matter whether that fixed form is written sheet music or a recording. Most people who copyright music do so for the extra legal protection. Even though a copyright is good to have,...
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01st July 2007
All writers of original works are concerned with plagiarism. Copyright Laws against plagiarism protect copyright holders from having their works plagiarized. Many people think it is ironic that the word plagiarism derives from “kidnapper” in Latin. Ho...
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01st July 2007
Many musicians confuse copyrighting music with registering music; these are two different things. According to the law in the United States, once you have written or recorded your music in a permanent form, it is automatically copyrighted.
Of course, ...
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01st July 2007
The Software Copyright Act, better known as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, has given software developers more power to protect their works. If you've bought software in the last few years I'm sure you've noticed some of the changes in the software ...
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