Copyright Law. Copyright Information.
Francine | July 30, 2010
We’ll explore what is a copyright, duration of a copyright, what does a copyright protect, infringement, and defenses to a claim of copyright infringment.
LimeWire Held Responsible for Music Copyright Infringement
Francine | May 31, 2010
A federal judge recently ruled that LimeWire, the popular peer-to-peer file sharing program, is responsible for its prior knowledge of the use of P2P technology, which allow its users to illegally download copyrighted music. …
Second Life Changes its Terms of Use. Terms of Service.
Francine | May 10, 2010
One issue that is sure to arise is the question of who really owns your content, and what can other SL users do with your content. By way of illustration, let’s look at the SL Terms of Use / Terms of Service. In part, Section 7.3 reads as follows:
Legal Copyright Infringement
Francine | October 19, 2009
Legal Copyright Infringement is honestly an oxymoron- if it qualifies as Copyright Infringement, then it is, by definition, illegal. This being said sometimes it’s hard to know where the gray area of legal vs. illegal starts.
Copyright Infringer or Innocent Victim?
Francine | August 5, 2009
A student, Joel Tenebaum, was ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading music, which amounts to $22,5000 per download for over 30 songs. Does the punishment fit the crime? What do you think? I say, “ABSOLUTELY! “
You Can Be Sued for What Your Web Designer Does…
Francine | July 13, 2009
How do you avoid being sued for something they’ve done? Here are 5 strategies for avoiding third party infringement claims against YOU…if you don’t keep your eyes open you may end up in court for something someone else did!
Videos, Copyright Protected Music, and a Take-Down Notice
Francine | May 3, 2009
If you create videos using copyright protected music, and then upload them to YouTube without permission from the copyright holder, or a synchronization license, then read on…
In a recent California case, (Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., 572 F.Supp. 2d 1150 (N.D. Calif. 2008)), a woman created a 29-second video of her kids dancing to the [...]
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