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Can you be sued for copyright infringement if you repeat seven or eight words out of a copyrighted publication and publish them in a song without identifying your source?
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∙ 12y ago
Only if it is known that those words are taken out of the song
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Is a work still copyrighted if the author edits it after publication or copyright registration?
Only if the copyright is not part of the copyright registration that is copyrighted in the publication of the author's registration. But If the copyright is part of the copyright registration that is copyrighted in the publication then the copyrighted author of which publicized the copyrighted registration is not copyrighted in the legalized sense of which a publication is copyrighted. Yes, a work is always copyrighted, before and after editing and both versions.
If i alter a copyrighted painting to teach a technique is that copyright infringement?
Altering a copyrighted painting to teach a technique is still copyright infringement as that falls under derivative works.
If you download is that copyright?
If you download this answer, it is not copyrighted. If you send a letter to a newspaper, it is not copyrighted. You knew their rules and intended it for their publication. If you copied a page out of a copyrighted book and sent it to someone else, you sent copyrighted material. If you draw a picture and do not sign it, you give the person receiving it permission to copy it. If you sign it, it becomes copyrighted. The law is complicated.Downloading a work protected by copyright is copyright infringement unless you have a license.____________________________________________________________________Yes. The law is complicated. That is why copyright lawyers make good money!
If I post a video of someone I know performing a musical piece on YouTube is this considered copyright infringement?
Yes, unless you have their permission to record a live musical performance, it would be a copyright infringement. Similarly, if they do not have permission to perform and record their rendition of a copyrighted composition, your recording of their performance would be a copyright violation and uploading it anywhere would be a further violation (unauthorized publication of an unauthorized recording).
What is copyright infrigement?
Infringement is the use, without permission, of copyrighted material that does not fall under a "fair use" or other exception to copyright law,
Whats copyright infringement?
The reproduction or use of someone else's copyright material without permission or license.Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.
Which ACT criminalized the willful infringement of copyrighted works?
The Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Act
Is infringing copyright a criminal or civil offence Can a person claim ignorence of the fact on copyright Is the publisher equally at fault or just the author Is an award due to the copyright owner?
Copyright infringement is primarily a civil offense however there are options to prosecute criminally in the case of "willful and deliberate" acts of infringement. Ignorance of the existence of copyright is not a viable defense to infringement. If an author is convicted of copyright infringement the publisher can be held liable for contributory infringement if it can be shown that they had knowledge of the infringement prior to publication. If, by a preponderance of the evidence, infringement can be shown then yes a damages award to the copyright holder can be granted.
If somebody in your direct family had copyright over something would it be copyright infringement if you used it?
Since it is copyrighted, you would need to obtain written permission.
If you copy and sell by way of business somebody elses copyrighted work what kind of an offense is this?
Copyright infringement, a civil offense.
Second owner can sues for infringment?
Any owner of a copyright can sue for infringement as long as the copyright is still valid (i.e., for 95 years from publication).
Is it legal to print copyright images?
No. Unless a "fair use" exception applies use of someone elses copyrighted property without permisson is the definition of copyright infringement.
