Copyrights Legal Questions and Answers
Is a newspaper protected under copyright laws?
I have a Web Site that is set up for Internet Advertising for Real Estate Agents, For Sale By Owner and Landlord/Tenants. I would like to make a service available free on my Web Site. The information provided in the service would be gleamed from local classifieds ads in locals newspapers. Do I need permission from the classified ad owner or the News Paper to publish there info...
05/04/2009 | Category: Copyrights | State: ALL | #16549Who actually owns a company logo?
If a company has a ticker symbol - lets say XY - who actually owns this ticker symbol. Is it the exchange or the company? The reason I am asking this is to determine if a company who has the ticker can reasonably prohibit another company from issuing press releases using that ticker. It’s not prohibited in our contracts - so I am wondering if they even can.
04/30/2009 | Category: Copyrights | State: ALL | #16489What constitutes a new computer program versus a revised one
What constitutes a new computer program versus a revised one?
04/29/2009 | Category: Copyrights | State: ALL | #16374How do I sue someone for unauthorized usage of my photos?
How do I sue someone for unauthorized usage of my photos on their website for over 6 months. I live in Los Angeles (where we took photos, which he chose not to buy after the shoot) and he lives in London?
04/28/2009 | Category: Copyrights | State: ALL | #16290I need form allowing second party to publish my photos while I retain copyrights
I'm looking for a legal form to provide to 2nd parties the right to publish and/or print for profit, my digital images but still retain my copyright to said images.
04/28/2009 | Category: Copyrights | State: ALL | #16235What does it mean when a service mark can not be
I wish to register a service mark. I am using the words 'Planetary Psychology' as a service mark. I am trying to understand the requirements that it cannot be 'merely descriptive.' I did have these words as a service mark in California but it expired. I have to re-register, but now I am wondering if these words fall under 'merely descriptive' and will not be service marked. Wha...
04/24/2009 | Category: Copyrights | State: California | #16124How do you write a book and protect your ideas and work?
How do you write a book and protect your ideas and work?
03/16/2009 | Category: Copyrights | State: Arizona | #15652If you do not cite the source but get the information from the internet, is it Internet Plagiarism?
The written instruction provided by professor to students regarding the assignment included the following:_You do not have to provide citations. The expectation, however, is that you will use, but not copy from, a variety of sources. _If the instructor said so, does the paper contained without citation language that was authored by another and copied from the original internet ...
03/12/2009 | Category: Copyrights | State: California | #15610Upon dissolution of the LLC, who owns the work I did since I did not draw a salary?
I am currently a 45% owner of a small, closely-held LLC. I have one partner who owns the other 55%. We produce and publish Scripture study materials domestically and abroad. At present we are considering dissolution due to differences in how the organization should move forward. My question concerns the graphic artwork that I have produced over the course of our partnership...
02/01/2009 | Category: Copyrights | State: Tennessee | #15119Can new's braodcasts be used without the permission of the new station?
Is news broadcast (CNN, FOX new, CBS news, ect.) audio in the public domain? Can certain quotes from broadcasters be used in a song and made available for sale without permission from the news station?
05/25/2007 | Category: Copyrights | State: ALL | #5950