Questions tagged [copyright]
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Copyright Fair Use: Is using the phrase "Courtesy of" legally acceptable when no permission has been given?
When quoting content under copyright fair use, is it legally acceptable (in English) to use the words "Courtesy of ACME Inc.", even if no permission has been granted?
To me, the words "...
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Does this Super User answer on Stack Exchange constitute fair use or copyright infringement? [duplicate]
I read this answer on Stack Exchange's Super User site with interest.
All of the text of the answer is directly copied from CNET. It has not been improved in any way. It is not used as part of a ...
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Can proxy website or an VPN be copyright infringement? [closed]
If someone sets up an public web proxy server, which allows users to access the resources from a different website, and on the proxy home page, it writes that this is a proxy. In this case, according ...
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If someone has a published work but hasn't done anything with it for ten years, can I use the title without risk of trademark? [closed]
There is a comic book, the most recent related item published in May 2014. The author hasn't worked with the item or associated objects since a 2015 intellectual property infringement over the title ...
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Can I Use A Server In International Waters To Provide Illegal Content Without Getting Arrested?
This is currently just a theoretical question.
If I took a ship to international waters, set up servers on it, and used it to host illegal content could I do that without getting in trouble?
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Is private Github a way to prove code ownership?
I am currently working about 2 years on my own for a big (this is my estimation) project.
I would like to find the best way in order to have a proof that the code is mine.
I mean about the case that ...
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When a copyrighted piece is released under a specific license, are those terms final? [duplicate]
Suppose a copyrighted piece work is released under a license like Creative Commons, then the copyright owner changes its mind, could they "undo" it? Could the same work be re-licensed under ...
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Do flickr authors license their photos to be shared with the embed script for free as part of the TOS?
Flickr provides an "embed" feature that allows users to share photos on external websites by embedding them while linking back to Flickr. I’m wondering if this automatically grants a free-...
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Reposting part of a youtube video [duplicate]
Let's say someone has a 1 hour video on YouTube then another person takes a small part of this video (60 seconds) and reposts it on YouTube shorts.
Is that copyright infringement?
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Using .pdf files of Copyrighted Works That Are Freely Available Online [closed]
I am a high school student and passionate about pure math.
I was able to procure my collection of pure mathematics books by purchasing them at a discount price at garage sales, bookstores, book sales, ...
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Legal status of copyright licenses
From what I understand, a copyright is granted by a governing body - thus the copyright owner presumably must choose from a set of offered copyright filings. Alternatively, they are assigned one based ...
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Clarification on Copyright and Usage Rights for Logo Created with Purchased Font [duplicate]
I am planning to purchase a font from a website that also provides logo creation services using the font. The license agreement for the font allows for "Logos & Branding for commercial use.&...
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Pursuing statutory damages for copyright violation from AI use
This is hypothetical; not something I'm dealing with actively.
My understanding is that even if I don't profit from a copyright I hold, I can still sue for statutory damages if someone violates that ...
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Digital piracy laws in UK
Can someone shed some light on the possible consequences of downloading copyrighted material (pirated movies / music / video games) from the internet in UK?
What I've been able to find is this ...
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Are there any specific limits to the use of copyright law to restrict discussing contracts?
There is a case, reported on youtube where a "bar certified" content creator showed for 54 seconds the "certified licence" that one receives from Splice, a company that provides ...
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Does posting a picture of a book on social media for only personal use infringe intellectual property law?
Does posting a cover of a book or page of a book on social media (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) infringe copyright or intellectual property law if the inside cover mentioned about copyrights (I'...
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Can songs from BMI-affiliated authors be used in the EU under a direct license?
What follows is my own (partial and possibly mistaken) understanding of this issue. Please point out any errors on my part.
In the United States authors do not grant BMI or ASCAP exclusive rights, ...
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Is it copyright infringement to make a combination of previous works? [duplicate]
For example, things such as Decade of Pop and r/place. Are these things copyright infringement (assuming that the authors do not have permission)? They are using copyrighted works, but I think it ...
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Filing non-copyrighted patents to open source one's own technology; why, and how does one do it?
After about 07:52 in Johhny Harris's July 12, 2024 video The Problem With Elon Musk:
And Elon decided to make all of his technology open source. The patents were not copyrighted. Anyone could see ...
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Is it legal to print material from a public domain book that was later republished? [duplicate]
I am writing a student workbook and need primary sources for the students to read and analyze. Basically it lets students see the genuine perspectives of people who witnessed and wrote about a ...
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Is the writer or artist liable for a copyright violation?
Suppose a writer hires an artist to paint some illustrations for a children's book. The writer then self-publishes the book. Later, it is revealed that the artist stole all of the illustrations and ...
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Can coined terms be copyrighted? [duplicate]
J. R. R. Tolkien coined a term eucatastrophe which is a hopeful and sudden turn of events - he coined it in opposition to catastrophe, which has negative connotations.
Now, we know the Tolkien Estate ...
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What difference does it make accepting Youtube's Terms and Conditions?
You can go to youtube.com and watch most videos without logging in or explicitly accepting any terms, and you can watch embedded youtube videos. To watch age restricted videos and comment you need to ...
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Copyright/Trademark for brand merchandise [duplicate]
I have noticed a lot of companies selling fake products of popular brands like Adidas and Nike by slightly modifying the logo or brand name. My school sells merchandise (t-shirts, hoodies, etc) with ...
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Mining product prices in EU marketplaces [duplicate]
Is it legal to slowly mine (scrape product urls I hand picked every day or two by making computer program go to URLs and from loaded HTML document select parts of text for extraction) product prices ...
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Are hardware benchmark results copyrighted?
Let's say a content creator benchmarks a piece of hardware (for example, a graphics card). Is the resulting number of that benchmark copyrighted or can I use this number (not talking about the video/...
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Is there any "incitement" type defence in copyright breach?
There is a paper that is cited in the Coders vs. Github Copilot case.
the judge cited the study's observation that Copilot reportedly "rarely emits memorized code in benign situations, and most ...
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Would it be legal to credit an original song to “traditional”?
Suppose I write a song which, as far as I know, is original and not derived from any other work. I record it and credit the composition to “traditional” rather than myself.
Assume I never claim ...
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Should I pay copyright for referencing/citing published work in a paid service? [closed]
I am not familiar with copyright law.
We want to make a paid service (i.e. a mobile app) that publishes manuals for procedures and other medical information thats written entirely by our staff.
We ...
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How well is Substantial Part defined in copyright law?
The UK Government says this about the relevance of substantial part to copyright law:
Infringement is where someone uses the whole or a substantial part of your work without your permission and none ...
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restoration of motion pictures [closed]
A motion picture as The Alamo 70mm this was only produced on a old Laser disc many years ago and no longer sold as a new item : the quality as only that of old crt tv sets not Digital
WE have restored ...
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Where can I access records of the 1947 Superman copyright trial?
I'm a comic researcher, seeking court records from 1947 in the United States related to Superman's copyright case. While there's a Wikipedia entry on this case, I couldn't locate the crucial court ...
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Is there any legal justification for content on the web without an explicit licence being freeware?
Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI has expressed an opinion that creative works published openly on the web without an explicit licence are freeware and the restrictions of copyright do not ...
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Can a video game developer restrict how people stream game content?
I've recently come across this page published by the developers of the game Tsukihime. These "guidelines" state the following:
Please be sure to follow the provisions listed below when ...
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Hotlinking img as profile picture
I have an img on my website which is used as the profile picture of the user.
It is embedded as <img src="${Hotlink}".
The user can specify an URL and that is used as his profile picture.
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Does using game cartridge assets on a small-scale digital distribution infringe copyright?
For example, let's say I was writing and distributing a digital zine with a 3DS game cartridge banner on the cover, and the "Nintendo Seal" and such.
Such a work is obviously not a game (due ...
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If one creates a copy of a copyrighted work for a licenced purpose can one reuse the copy for another purpose?
Multiple lawsuits have been filed relating to training of generative AI models on copyright protected works. A recent suit seems to focus particularly on this aspect. It seems there could also be a ...
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For copyright determination purposes, how can AI-generated content (eg.lyrics) be proven as such rather than human generated?
Most answers I have seen to the question of whether AI-generated content is copyrightable cite law in the US and other countries limiting copyright to human-created content. However all the answers I ...
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Is it legal in the US to name a business after a property in the public domain? [duplicate]
For example, if I were to name my LLC "Sherlock Holmes Enterprises LLC", would that be legal?
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Why is a license necessary to design a microarchitecture for the arm family of instruction set architectures?
In order to design a microarchitecture that uses the ARM instruction set architecture (ISA), one has to buy an "architectural license".[1]
However, I don't understand by what mechanism ARM ...
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What rights do I have to improve upon patented inventions?
Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD have tons of patents. I want to do research in the GPU and computer architecture fields, and publish my findings in reputed journals.
Am I legally allowed to use their ...
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Would it be legal to make videos on publicly available textbooks?
Suppose a textbook exists in the public domain, then would it be legal to make publicly available youtube videos on working through it and it's problems?
In particular I am thinking of this
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Do creative commons licenses forbid immoral use?
Looking at Pixabay's license summary, I like this:
You cannot use Content in any immoral or illegal way, especially Content which features recognisable people.
Similarly, on Pixabay's terms of ...
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Is it legal to hire an actor to imitate another performance (to which you don't have the rights)?
Say that Dave the director really likes Keanu Reeves in John Wick, and wants a character just like that for his original movie. But Dave can't get Keanu, copyrights to the character, or anything ...
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Is there any law to reference to support copyright derivation wrt software libraries depending on the availability of alternatives?
In a 2019 answer that the bot has just pumped there is an excellent description of a way I have heard how the the rules regarding copyright derivation in respect to software libraries function:
I don'...
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Buying, rebinding, and reselling books
If I were to buy a load of old books and rebind them artistically in leather, would I be free to resell them?
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What are "copies" in a digital context?
"Copies" are apparently defined as:
material objects, other than phonorecords, in which a work is fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the work can be perceived, ...
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Can I copyright the recording of someone reading a work licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License?
A written work is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This is explicitly stated by the publisher:
Open Access This book is licensed under the ...
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Effects of making a copyright claim under a fictitious name
In the United States, the author of a work has published it with a claim like this:
Copyright © 2024 Dubious Publishing Company.
Dubious Publishing Company is not an incorporated entity in any ...
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Does having a photographic memory cause issues with copyright law? [duplicate]
Assuming someone has a photographic memory, or a good enough memory to memorize entire copyright-protected works, does memorizing and then writing out verbatim (reproducing) the work, count as "...
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