YouTube In Trouble for 24 Television Show Postings

Google must be wondering what it has gotten itself into. YouTube is in trouble again after receiving a subpoena from Fox for posting episodes of the show 24. To say that Fox executives must be unhappy is a slight understatement. Talk about stealing the winds out of the channel’s sails! One of the biggest nights for the show was pre-empted! Well, Fox isn’t taking the situation laying down.

Online Piracy

Online piracy has developed along with technological advancements. The increasing broadband speed available to home user at low price and the development of new software had brought online downloading to a whole new level of high speed and superb quality.

Protecting your Website's Images from Stealing: Is it Really Possible?

It is simply not possible to prevent someone from copying your website images. If someone is skilled and determined there's no way to stop them from abusing your website and your content. But there's still light in the end of the tunnel. You can use some semi-sophisticated techniques to limit the amount of people that can copy your website's images. Keep reading.

Typefaces, Fonts and Characters - Intellectual Property Protection in the United Kingdom

This articles considers copyright protection of electronically and industrially produced fonts and typefaces in the United Kingdom.

Copyright Infringement

This essay is aimed to analyze what copyright infringement is, study its types and problems connected with copyright infringement. First of all let us find out how copyright infringement is defined. It is usually understood as the use of copyrighted material in a way that violates the exclusive rights of the author of the copyrighted material.

The Permissible Fair Use of a Copyrighted Work

The fair use law under United States copyright law allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the owner of the copyright. The permissible limited use includes use for scholarship or review and use by citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work. The application of the fair use law is determined under a four-factor balancing test.

Musicians and Copyrights – What You Need To Know

As musicians and songwriters, we’ve all wondered what it takes to protect our creative output from theft or plagiarism. That’s the point when copywriting our work becomes a concern. Why would anyone want their hard work to go to waste if we could somehow protect our creative property?

Performing Arts Copyright Information

Learn about the best ways to protect your original works against theft. Don't be a victim of the predators that are out there looking to steal your content.

How Copyright Protection Works

Copyright is a type of intellectual property law, and it protects original works of authorship including dramatic, literary, artistic works and musical, and such as poetry, movies, novels, songs, computer software and architecture.

FAQs - Copyright

Many people seem to think that putting a copyright notice on their work protects their rights. They are only partly right. Registering the copyright is an important step.

Copyright Licensing Issues

When you own a copyright to a photograph, you have complete and exclusive control of how it is reproduced, displayed and distributed. These rights may be assigned, sold, transferred or given away. If you decide to authorize others to use your copyright, also known as licensing, you may want to consider certain important items.

Copyright Owners - How to Protect Your Work

While you may own a copyright, you must protect it to keep its value. Here's what you can do.

Copyrights Owners - The Right to Reproduce

As a copyright holder, you have the sole rights to determine whether and how that image is reproduced. But if you aren't careful, you can lose that right.