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answered on May 2, 2023
If you'd like to use someone else's song, you should request permission and pay the required fee. Otherwise, using a song for commercial purposes without permission can constitute infringement, which usually costs the infringer exponentially more than the fee. If needed, you should... View More 
Assigned copyright to publisher in 1975 in exchange for 8% royalty. Publisher sold for a few years then stopped. 1990, someone in the next town starts publishing the work, claiming they created it, same name, colors, images, context. Has been publishing it since. Quite successful. Author just found... View More
answered on Apr 26, 2021
Check the contract.
In some places you can recover the copyright after 35 years.
You should consult with an attorney.
Typically both parties have the right to defend the copyright.
Depending on the contract, it may not be an obligation for the licensee to sue or protect the copyright.
The poster is for free meditation classes offered by a 501 c 3 only.
answered on May 21, 2017
Religious symbols are not necessarily free of copyright protection. If the image you found online was created by an artist, and has some very minimal level of creativity applied to the work, that artist was granted copyright protection, even if the underlying symbol is in the public domain or... View More
This information out on facebook may stop a real estate sale. I am a photographer and I did not give her permission to put on facebook.
answered on Jul 31, 2015
Hard to say what's going on. Did the person violate the terms of a limited copyright license? A copyright lawyer can assist?
Please Take Notice: I am not your lawyer unless we enter into an engagement agreement in writing. This is general information that is given for legal... View More
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