Fair Use
[…] specific and conditional limitation on copyright, and not a universal right. Applying Fair Use Today With the growth of social media platforms, it’s fairly common to inadvertently infringe someone’s copyright […]
Creative Rights Caucus, Film and Television Industry Representatives Stage First-of-its-kind Interactive Event on Capitol Hill Featuring a Working Production Set
[…] to the incredible diversity of the 150,000 employees Ð many first-time jobholders – who take your tickets, run the projectors and prepare your food orders at your local movie theater, […]
The Cost of Free Movies
[…] a pop-up online telling us “You’ve Just Won $10,000!!” and to “Click Here to Claim Your Prize!” we have not won anything, and we better not click on that link. […]
Illuminating the Profession: Women in Copyright
[…] has it, and once checked out can download the book. Even if you can convince yourself, as the Second Circuit did, that Google Books does little harm to authors, no […]
Music Copyright Cases Musicians Should Know
[…] The songs were built on a similar set of two motifs (but not completely identical) with identical harmonies and different words. “He’s So Fine” had been on the charts in […]
Writers
[…] what rights writers have under copyright law, why it is important to register written works with the U.S. Copyright Office, and how to deal with copyright infringement. We also provide […]
Uploading/Downloading Material From Peer-To-Peer Networks
[…] infringement, when you download from a peer-to-peer network you also run the risk of exposing your computer to viruses, malware or spyware. To avoid these risks, consumers are advised to […]
Internet Archive Continues To Harm Authors
[…] Boston Public Library President On “Emergency National Library” Endorsement (The Trichordist) Tell Internet Archive to Remove Your Books from the So-Called National Emergency Library (Authors Guild) Authors Protest Internet Archive Pirating Their […]
How Instagram Changed Its Embedding Feature—and What That Means for Photographers and Publishers
[…] as a way to prevent infringement. Even if you don’t license images professionally, you own your copyright and it’s worth protecting. Blocking embedding is now easy—there are instructions in the […]
Re:Creating Reality: NAFTA, Dangerous Harbors & Unfair Use
[…] to be a false narrative. So where to begin? It would make sense to start with an examination of the supposedly false narrative. But to be honest, having read and […]