Copyright Law

There is a provision in US copyright law that allows the "fair use" of copyrighted material, without permission, for certain purposes (scholarship, criticism, review, etc)

However US Copyright Law also sets out criteria that has to be considered before something can be judged to be "fair use"

# The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes # The nature of the copyrighted work # The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole # The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work

Songwriting copyright, or publishing rights, is the aspect of song protection separate from the performance or recording; it is right in the underlying work.

If all Visual and Sound information in web site is totaly yours and it isn't a reproduction or smth. I guess you have a right to say that this information is copyrighted by //for ex. your name//

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but in any case you should ask this question to specialists. to copyright layers or smt.

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chek out this website I guess it will help .. http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-who.html#minor --

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Short phrases are not copyrightable, but can be registered as trademarks if they are used in commerce. It's also possible to file an Intent to Use before it's actually in use; this amounts more or less to "reserving" the phrase for a future trademark.

Unless the job is work for hire or work for employer the photographer holds the copyright.

No

No; they are administered by Time Warner.

yes

You will need a synchronization license from Melody Lane (via Peermusic) to use the song itself, and a master uselicense from the record label of the recording you intend to use.

Yes, you should cite all sources. Just because something is no longer copyright does not mean that you can use it freely. You can be accused of plagiarism if you use it without citation.

The Shropshire Lad is in the public domain; permission is not required.

There are only two Mr Ed episodes that I've been able to confirm that are in the public domain. ""The Wonderful World of Wilbur Pope" and "Wilbur Gets the Message... About Savings Bonds".

However given the convoluted nature of copyright law at the time & the relative slipshod way renewals were handled there may be others.

Short phrases are not copyrightable. There does not appear to be a registered trademark on the phrase.

The Copyright Office's catalog since 1978 is available online at the link below, and includes renewals. However, pre-1978 renewals are only recorded in their card catalogs, which require searching in person.

Signatories to the Berne Convention (which includes the United States) cannot require formalities. Before Berne, works were only protected if they were published with a copyright symbol and registered with the Copyright Office; since Berne, works are automatically protected as soon as they are "fixed."

If you wish to use materials created by someone else, even if they are not marked, you need their permission.

1949 US works are protected through December 31, 2044.

The answer depends on whether you mean sheet music or recorded music; they each have their own copyright and expiration. One may expire without affecting the other.

More than likely, yes. In general a US copyright is valid for the life of the holder plus 70 years, or 95 years from publication, if done as a work for hire.

However, the duration of a particular copyright can get complicated in the area of "music" and "sound recordings" of music that happened to occur in the 1960s and 1970s.

First, consider that federal copyright does not include any sound recordings made prior to 1972. State laws, however, cover sound recordings and those laws do not have any expiration (unlike federal copyright), at least not until pre-empted by federal copyright law in 2067. Thus, you must consider ALL pre-1972 sound recordings to be copyrighted until then.

On the other hand, the underlying "music", as a composition of notes (and maybe lyrics), may or may not be protected, depending upon when it was created or published, and if a renewal was filed. A related answer addresses the question of copyright duration in more detail.

See the Related Link, "Wikipedia: Copyright" for more information on copyrights.

Most notably, Digital Rights Management software prevents even legal copying, such as creating a clip reel for a film studies class.