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What stops stolen software from offering a valid license?
I've never seen a license agreement like this make that license conditional on having actually paid for the software.
Careful reading of license agreements shows that this isn't accurate. Commercial ...
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What stops stolen software from offering a valid license?
A computer can’t enter into a contract
A EULA is a contract between the software company (not the computer) and the end user. If the software is obtained in a manner authorized by the publisher, then ...
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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
No in united-states
The court is part of the trifecta of government - it's part of the Judicative. The government can not have copyright in its works: 17 USC 105 declares such papers to be without ...
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Would a user of the Stack Exchange API be liable for re-publishing copyright infringing data?
Yes, he's liable.
A Partial Copy of a Fair Use is not necessarily Fair Use
Content that is used with Fair Use on Stack Exchange isn't necessarily used with Fair Use in the website that uses the data ...
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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
united-kingdom
Generally the UK judgments available from the Courts and Tribunals Judicary website and BAILII are asserted to be Crown copyright and licensed for use under the Open Government Licence.
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Would a user of the Stack Exchange API be liable for re-publishing copyright infringing data?
united-kingdom
Not necessarily.
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 has:—
The copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner,
(a) possesses in ...
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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
new-south-wales
Not only can it be, it is copyright
Copyright in judicial decisions continues to reside in the State pursuant to the Copyright in Judicial Decisions Notice 1995 (NSW).
There is a ...
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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
In slovakia, it cannot:
§ 5 par. b) of the copyright law 185/2015 Z. z. says explicitely:
Za predmet autorského práva sa nepovažuje
...
b) text právneho predpisu, úradné rozhodnutie alebo súdne ...
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Is it fair use to include unpurchased media in a website that is still under development?
Probably not. The copyright holder has the exclusive license to make copies of the copyrighted material, and you're talking about making copies.
I don't really see a strong argument for fair use, as ...
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When does official copyright protection begin?
canada united-states
Copyright is vested in the first owner upon creation (more precisely, fixation1) of an original work.
Publishing before the copyright registration is completed does not diminish ...
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Using a company's logo in reference to something
Company logos may be protected by copyright, but that requires two things: They must be eligible for copyright, meaning they need to above the so called "threshold of originality". In simple ...
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Web scraping of an online dictionary
Depends on which jurisdiction you are in.
Operating this scraper and using the resulting data set could be a violation of copyright laws in some countries. The copyright status of databases like a ...
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Is PostScript language copyrightable (Adobe license)
The letter-strings assigned to individual commands are not protected by copyright, but the manual, and formatted lists contained therein, are so protected. So, yes, the manual is protected, but the ...
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Obtaining right to copy music for private use?
So, an example of the type of copying I am referring to is someone giving me a copy of a song
This is most likely a violation on the part of the person who made the copy. You're unlikely to be able ...
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Crypto currencies, gambling, copyrights
If you reasonably suspect that the person will do something illegal with your work, you’re an accessory
For an analogous situation, if you suspect (actual standards of knowledge vary) that the person ...
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Is it fair use of copyright to create and distribute a simulation model from a copyrighted schematic?
Copyright does not apply.
From the description, company B is simply copying the circuit design. Copyright would only protect that specific schematic drawing of the circuit. The design of the circuit, ...
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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
Not in brazil. Law 9.610/98 (our copyright law):
Art. 8º Não são objeto de proteção como direitos autorais de que trata
esta Lei:
[...]
IV - os textos de tratados ou convenções, leis, decretos,
...
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Attributing Copyright to Individual vs Business
united-states canada
In the US, "Copyright in a work protected under this title vests initially in the author or authors of the work," and "in the case of a work made for hire, the ...
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What countries don't have fair use in copyright law?
Fair Use only exists in the USA
Fair use is a very specific doctrine. It only exists in the USA. Many other countries have other exceptions. Some are similar, but almost none are identical. In fact, ...
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Why are authors suing Meta and OpenAI instead of Shawn Presser for copyright infringement?
Because you sue people who have money
Your remedy for copyright breach is damages; therefore, you sue people who can afford to pay. OpenAI and Meta have an advantage over the named individual because ...
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Copyright Timeline Question
I believe Wikipedia covers this scenario:
In all countries where the Berne Convention standards apply, copyright
is automatic, and need not be obtained through official registration
with any ...
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Copyright Timeline Question
Although you have to wait for the registration to be approved before you can bring a suit in federal court, it looks like you would get the full benefits of registration.
Once the registration is ...
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Is a private individual shopping for personal goods from companies "non-commercial"?
Yes and no
Yes, it is a non-commercial activity for Alice.
No, it is a commercial activity for Bob Inc. and Charlie Corp.
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Copyright risks for code contributed by generative AI
The first way to look at the question is whether the output of the program is “substantially similar” to that of a protected work. A copyright infringement claim does not have to show video of a ...
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Is it legal to 3D scan anything and how are 'shapes' protected?
Copyright
If the thing being scanned is a literary or artistic work protected by copyright, it is illegal to make a copy of it. The scan data itself is probably a copy, any reproduction made from that ...
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Can a public copyright license take effect upon the author's death?
united-states
There are two main questions here:
Can you direct your estate to apply a copyright license to your work?
Is the resulting license irrevocable?
In the case of (1), the answer is very ...
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