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There are 196 sovereign nations in the world (more or less); each of them has its own copyright laws. 168 are signatories of the Berne Convention which requires them to extend to foreign copyright holders … Assuming that the book was originally published in the UK (as it has a London based publisher) then the applicable copyright law is that of the UK. Exceptions to copyright can be found here. …

No What you describe is a derivative work and the right to make them rests with the copyright owner. …

The author owns copyright except in “work for hire” A truly independent contractor (not an employee that is called a contractor) is not engaged in work for hire and owns copyright in the code they create … In jurisdictions where copyright can be transferred then the contract can do that. Who owns the copyright is therefore a decision of the parties to the contract. …

You paid royalties for all the trademarks and copyrights, yes? If so, and the portfolio use is in terms with all of the licences you negotiated, yes you can. If not, no. These are other people’s IP an …

Let’s work it through Is the work copyright? Yes. Are you making a copy or a derivative work? Yes. Do you have permission? No. At this point, it is prima facie copyright violation. … TL;DR This is copyright violation. …

It’s a sound recording that has a physical existence That might be a CD, a hard drive (whether on a local computer or a server in the cloud), a cassette, a vinyl record, or anything else that does, di …

Game rules are not subject to copyright That doesn’t mean you can photocopy them because although the rules are not copyright, the specific representation of them is. …

So, the copyright still exists and somebody owns it - you would need their permission. As to who they are, that can be tricky. … No one owns that copyright so you can copy it as much as you like. …

Iran is not a member of the Berne Convention on copyright As such, it does not respect other countries' copyrights, and vice-versa. …

No Commercial use is interpreted broadly - anything that is or may lead to (e.g. advertising, pro-bono work etc.) income generation is commercial use. See http://www.thehelpful.com/creativecommons/wh …

In general, the objects you describe are almost certainly Trade Marks and you cannot use these without permission. The remedies for infringing a Trade Mark include an injunction to stop use but the p …

There is no required form for a copyright license (unless it is a requirement of a sup-ordinate license). Go for your life. …

Any amount that exceeds fair use/dealing in the relevant jurisdiction. This is a combination of quantity and intent. For the examples you give they are all probably not fair use. As an added complica …

There is no legal obligation to do this. In general, the author is providing the relevant info in one place; order and formatting depend on the style you are using. There are a large number of comple …

Everything except the summary and the cover art are all facts; facts are not subject to copyright. The summary and cover art would be subject to copyright. …