What is copyright?

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What is the copyright law? What is a good website that tells me specifics?

I was wondering if the pictures were taken in so many years if it mattered under the copyright law.

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The US copyright law is a law to protect people's work of art in variety of types for not to be infringed...

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Charter copyright infringement notice. What should I do? Should I be worried?

Yes I know I did a wrong thing Dear Charter Internet Subscriber: Charter Communications ("Charter") has been notified by a copyright owner, or its authorized agent, that your Internet account may have been involved in the exchange of unauthorized...

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?? Did you have a question?? If you're asking what to do now, step 1 is to STOP downloading.

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What is copyright? What works are protected by copyright registration?

Copyrights protects the originality of authors. The  following works are are protected by copyright registration… 1.Literary works 2.Musical Works-you can copyright a video @Copyright Video: Get Copyright Registration for your Video 3.dramatic...

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Copyright is literally the right to make copies.  It is a law designed to protect the ability of artists...

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YouTube copyright notifications (takedowns) are creating a hassle for my "fair use" project. At what point do I have a claim for damages?

My project is a collection of video essays about a TV show, and the original copyrighted video and sound (which I have not licensed) is edited to illustrate my argument, similar to how Siskel & Ebert would do it.  The videos are intended to be inter...

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Your assumption that you are entitled to a fair use defense may be at the heart of your problem.  Fair...

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What is "copyright" when looked at as a concept, beyond the rules created by nations?

Why is there copyright and what is conceptually it intended to do? Kristofer Pettersson says that copyright is this: "Copyright is a concept applied to abstract ideas and information. How information is allowed to flow can be described as rights...

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The underlying philosophy of copyright is that the creator of a work should have the exclusive right...

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What exactly do I have to do promote my music, get the beats and copyright my songs? How do I copyright my songs so I no one steals them?

Hi, I would like to become a professional recording artist someday. I wrote a ton of songs and I'm ready to get them published. The only thing that concerns me are the "rights" to using music (Such as the copyright laws, legal rights and certain...

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I am a musician and I have some experience with this stuff and I can tell you that there is more than...

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What is berne convenction? Can we get free copyright using it? is it equivalent to copyright?

If i have a software company, can i get a free copyright using berne convenction? What is creative commons? is it equivalent to copyright?

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The Berne Convention (full name is "Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic...

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At what lower term for copyright would we see little change in the profitability from holding a copyright?

Outside of the corporate circles and Congress (and other governments), there seems to be a consensus that copyright expiration dates are too long. The Berne Convention brings most nations into a minimum term of 50 years plus life of author/creator. ...

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Movies tend to make most of their money in the first year through a combination of box office, video...

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What is the copyright law regarding playing music and uploading it on YouTube or putting it on a cd?

If copyright law is protecting a song, is singing it and putting it on youtube a violation of copyright?  You can make money through youtube ads I believe. So it will be for commercial use. Are there any timeframe for classical music being protected...

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The problem is distribution. If others have access to the music or song because of your actions, that...

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What are the rules concerning the copyright of photographs as visual reference for art?

I'm reasonably aware of what the copyright implies in terms of protecting copyright in photographs, but I'm unsure of the extent of this law and thought I'd double check. I'm designing a tribal tattoo with an animal motif, and I am wondering if it would...

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The copyright protects the "creative expression" captured in the photo, not the idea or information...

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