It depends on their line of business. Most companies will be creating documents such as brochures and advertising that would be protected by copyright, but may also include others' protected work such as images and even fonts. Other companies exist solely to license intellectual property; the biggest example of this is the Harry Fox Agency, which issues mechanical licenses for recorded music.
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Yes; unless other arrangements were made, the copyright holder of a boardgame would be the copyright holder of the iPhone app of the boardgame, for example. However, most boardgame companies license their products to computer gaming companies.
You can only use content for which you are the copyright owner, is in the public domain, or you have permission from the copyright holder or an exemption in the law. But your resulting web page is automatically protected by copyright as soon as you create it.
There is no minimum age on copyright; works that children create are automatically protected as soon as they are fixed in a tangible medium.
Transfer of copyright can be handled by a simple written agreement. Most legal form companies offer them cheaply, but explicit (and free) instructions are in the copyright law, linked below.
You may only use images that are your own original work, in the public domain, or for which you have a license from the copyright holder.
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.
The photographers would have been able to register their Autochrome images for copyright protection, but such protection will have expired by now.
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Copyright protected or trademark images, such as cartoon characters, require licenses from their owners.
Yes, often more than one for each book.
Despite the "safe harbor" caveat in the copyright law, companies hosting filesharing have often been targets of lawsuits. Even if you successfully defend against an infringement charge, the fees and downtime can destroy your business.