Mascots are more likely to be protected as trademarks.
Typically teachers and administrators take it upon themselves to ensure copyright is respected.
Most school textbooks are not available via ebooks due to copyright laws. Using software to put a textbook as an ebook would violate international copyright laws; contact your school institution for availability information.
Yes; unless other agreements were made, the publisher would control the rights. But WHO is the publisher? The company that prints the book is just a printer. The school itself has little to do with the actual production of the book. I was on the yearbook staff for 5 years through junior and high school. There are no copyright marks in my books nor do I think the school pursued and official copyright. All the candid photos used in it were used without express permission from the students depicted. So who would hold the rights? I worked on it...am I a copyright holder?
What are the Ohio laws for students driving to and from school?
A written policy can be as simple as "faculty, staff, and students of thus-and-such school must obey all federal copyright laws." The larger problem would be in enforcing such a policy--because infringement is so prevalent and simple, preventing it would rely on the honor code of the school.
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.
You cannot find these books legally online to print as that is against copyright laws.
Everything written or recorded since 1923 is affected by copyright laws.
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