Only copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display materials which are their original work, are in the public domain, or for which they have permission from the copyright holder or an exemption in the law.
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Apple has taken every precaution to ensure that you cannot use iTunes to infringe on copyright.
In order to be protectable under copyright law, a work must be original, creative, and fixed in a tangible form.
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.
Short phrases like business names cannot be protected. They can be protected through trademark law, however.
It depends on which law they break.
A business can infringe copyright by using protected materials for which they have neither an exemption in the law nor permission from the rightsholder. For example, if you set up a website for your landscaping service, and use photos on it that you've just found online without getting permission, your business is liable for fees up to $30,000 per photo.
Given current copyright law, it's merely a courtesy; notification is not required for protection.
By copying, altering, distributing, performing, or displaying works for which you have neither permission from the rightsholder nor an exemption in the law.
Copying, altering, distributing, or performing/displaying a work without permission of the rightsholder is an infringement of copyright law. In the US, infringement is punishable by fines up to $30,000.
Any entity found to be in violation of copyright law can be sued for up to $30,000 per infringement, although most cases are settled for real damages long before they get to the courtroom.