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Jackson Browne and John McCain
Yesterday by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Sometimes you get a say, and sometimes you don't. Jackson Browne alleges he should have had a say is whether his recording of his song was used in a political commercial for John McCain, and he's filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement. Reuters...
Court Reinforces Control Concept in Copyright
08/15/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
It seems obvious, but it never hurts to have a court say it's true. Money is not the only thing that makes the world go 'round, and free does not mean anything goes.Briefly, an open-source software provider sued a company that used a portion of...
Scanning Photos
08/12/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Photos, of course, are covered by copyright. If you've ever been married, or had professional head shots taken, or you have kids whose after school activity hired a professional photographer to take wonderfully cute pictures of the tykes in their...
Email - what happens when you die?
08/11/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Every original work of authorship that is fixed in a tangible form is protected by copyright. That includes letters and - these days - email. Which means that when you die, those emails may be part of your estate. Hmmm.Is that something you want?...
O-Blige Me, Mary
08/10/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
[caption id="attachment_212" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Broadcast"][/caption]Work-for-hire rules can trip up more than just the authors. The general rule is that copyrightable work created by an employee of a company in the course of...
Magic Copyrights
08/08/2008 by Pamela Parker @ copyrighttalk.com
Just thought I would note that copyright registration is not a magic thing. It does two main things for you: 1. protects your interests in the event of an infringement2. makes it slightly easier for people who might want to use your previously...
Motivational Quote of the Day
08/01/2008 by Brian @ leadershiptrainingskills.com
"Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision."- Ayn Rand (1905 – 1982), novelist, philosopher, playwright and screenwriter...