Copyright Law

The Poor Man's Copyright is believed to offer copyright protection in place of the legal process of paying fees and registering a copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office. This is a myth.

We all have a vague idea of what "copyright" means (i.e., legal protection of written creations). But what is "copyleft?" Is that even a real word?

Copyright law protects authors by giving them the exclusive right to publish and distribute their works. That protection extends to works published and distributed on the internet.

Find out why some teachers break the copyright law and risk legal liability.

A short overview of copyright laws and rights

In an attempt to clear up some confusion, Bob writes about copyright law and how it affects artists and distributors alike.

An article explaining a few parts of the Copyright Law.

Any writer or other artists engaged in an artistic enterprise should have a basic understanding of intellectual property laws.

Many people have pursued the hobby of downloading movies and songs on the Internet and sharing them with their friends and family online. However, this is direct violation of U.S. copyright laws.

The Copyright Law Act states the rights of copyright owners, the doctrine of the Fair Use copyright laws, and it changed the term life of copyrights.

Software copyright laws are among the most difficult to enforce among the masses.

The Fair Use copyright law enables people to use portions of material that is copyrighted for the purposes of criticism or as commentary.

International conventions and treaties have done a lot to protect owners of copyrights around the world. With the world seemingly becoming smaller every day, the United States took a look at its stance on the European copyright treaty known as the Berne Convention.

With the popularity of the Internet, many people are violating music copyright law and do not even know it.

The US Copyright Law grants rights to individuals for the works they create. The US Copyright Act of 1790 has changed over the years. The current basis of US copyright law is based on the Copyright Act of 1976.

There are hundreds and thousands of people in the world that gather family genealogy every day.

A resolutuon passed by Venestre, Norway's liberal party, would legalize file sharing and sampling, shorten the lifespan of commercial copyrights, and ban DRM.

This papers provides an overview of intellectual property and copyright law with respect to the Internet.

Clothing crafts are a perfect way to celebrate patriotic holidays. This tee features the signatures of your favorite presidents on a simple tee.

Jim Prentice says the law is balanced for both the industry and consumer alike. The new system is set up to be harsher on people who upload their music and movies onto the Internet than it will be with people who will simply download

The old copyright law was last amended in 1997, and that was before the surfacing of the iPod technology. Canada now has a new proposed copyright law that will crackdown on people who illegally upload/download music or movies.

Copyright laws are very complicated. We all know that we are not supposed to steal other people's work. Some people don't care and do it anyhow. However, most writers are very respectful of copyright laws.

Deaf children struggle to get support at home because a lot of adults in their lives don't know sign. So one of the greatest things is story time. Some of the things we could do would help big time but copyright laws might prevent us from doing so.

A description of my spiritual name.

Mourning a broken relationship, the speaker is amazed by the lack of change

A brief look at whether copyright laws can coexist with freedom of expression.

Considering sending out an article with your monthly e-newsletter? Be sure to get permission to use anything that you have not created.

This tutorial will teach you how to burn a DVD with 2 easy-to-use programs

A critical look at corporate influence on politics and copyright.