Universal administers the tune itself; various arrangements, performances, and recordings may have additional rightsholders.
There are a number of copyrightable works by that title. The Fats Waller song is administed by EMI Mills.
Under US copyright law, there are no recordings that are public domain; they are either covered under state copyright law prior to 1972, under federal copyright law if published after that, and under federal copyright law if they were never published at all. The only possible public domain records would be some that were published before 1989 and after 1972 without the necessary copyright notice or registration.
You need permission from the copyright holder or an exemption in the law.
A website is considered a "literary work" under copyright law.
Yes. Under current US copyright law computer programs are considered "literary works"
Under US copyright law, a copyright cannot be renewed after it expires. For works of US authors published in the US prior to 1963, copyright renewal had to be filed after 28 years.
All books are copyrighted. Under US copyright law, the act of creating automatically attaches copyright.
Under current US copyright law the maximum "standard" fine for "willful and deliberate" copyright infringement can be as high as $150,000.00 USD.
Infringement is the use, without permission, of copyrighted material that does not fall under a "fair use" or other exception to copyright law,
Technology would typically be protected by patent law, with the exception of software, which can fall under both copyright and patent.
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No. Under current U.S. Copyright Law, Twilight will remain under automatic copyright protection until 70 years after the death of the author, Stephanie Meyer.
It is a violation of Copyright Law - an offense under Civil Law. Civil offenses are not categorized as 'felonies' or misdemeanors.'