I, personally, can't easily share sound recordings with my friends, but I can send them a link to the recording on Amazon.com and suggest that they listen to a snippet of it.
In that example, copyright law prevents me from copying the recording, because that's one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder, but the fair use clause (section 107 of the law) allows the sample to be played without a license.
Intellectual property is all over the place. My alarm clock has a patent, my shampoo has patents on the formula and the shape of the bottle, and trademarks on the name and logo, and although my clothes isn't protected by copyright, the names of the designers and manufacturers are registered trademarks as well. There are trademarks (and maybe a patent or two) all over my breakfast, patents and trademarks on my multivitamin, hundreds of patents and a few trademarks on the car, and multiple copyright angles to the music on the car radio. And all of that is before I get to work, where half of my job is copyright licensing.
Everything written or recorded since 1923 is affected by copyright laws.
For the most part, the average paramedic is not going to be affected by copyright in his work. A general understanding of copyright is more or less required to be a member of society these days, however.
Cookbook publishers are affected by the same laws that apply to other books. copyright laws, trademark laws, and contract laws. Other issues are laws concerning fair use of recipes and photographs.
A copyright lawyer it a layer who specializes in copyright laws and intellectual property laws. They handle cases concerning copyright infrsingement.
Plagarism or copyright Laws!
Drugs and other pharmaceuticals are protected under the patent laws not under the copyright laws.
Copying, altering, distributing, or performing/displaying a work for which you are not the copyright holder, and for which you do not have permission from the rightsholder or an exemption in the law, is a violation of copyright laws.
copyright laws
If you violate copyright laws, you may face legal consequences such as fines, lawsuits, and having to pay damages to the copyright owner. In some cases, you could also be subject to criminal charges. It is important to respect copyright laws to avoid these penalties.
Trademark yes copyright no.
Copyright is a federal law which would be valid in California.
There are some countries that do not have copyright laws in place, including Eritrea, San Marino, and South Sudan.