Questions tagged [copyright]
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Is there a copyright on a license agreement
I need a license agreement for a product. Many similar products have their license agreement available online. I would like to take one of the better fitting ones and adapt it to my needs (adapt ...
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Is it possible to learn who has a copyright? (USA)
To briefly summarize the situation, a video game was made fifteen years ago. Two development companies and one publisher were involved. All three companies have now been sold to other companies, some ...
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Regarding "Right to be Forgotten", what's the definition of a "search engine"?
§§ — The decision by Europe's highest court allows people living in Europe to ask for links to "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant" material to be removed from search results,...
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Is it legal for Americans to buy music/movies from those really cheap web sites based in Ukraine?
There are several web sites out there that sell MP3 music files for 10 cents each and FLAC music files for 30 cents each. At least one site even sells Hollywood movies (AVI, MKV) from $0.99 (low ...
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Is downloading copyrighted music for private use legal in Canada?
In 2003, the Copyright Board of Canada released this opinion.
They held that downloading a music file for private use was okay, no matter the source:
There is no requirement
in Part VIII that ...
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Is downloading a torrent chunk copyright infringement?
A torrent works by breaking a file into small chunks, each of which can be shared between peers. This speeds up downloads because peer A could be sharing chunk 1 with you while peer B could be sharing ...
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Web Developer Portflolio Using Themes
I am a student just doing some freelance work over my summer break. I call myself a web "designer" as people in my country are more used to that term when they want a website created. I develop ...
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Does the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence allow you to specify exactly how attribution must be given?
Prompted by this Meta Stack Exchange discussion
Stack Exchange uses the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license for user contributions. But in the footer of every page is a link ...
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License of translation software Quran and Hadits
There is software license on "9 imam Hadits" by lidwa.com and it is copyrighted, the owner claim no one can copy their database, but aren't the Quran and Hadits themselves licensed and copyrighted by ...
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Does a Creative Commons license allow me to record a cover of a song recording?
If I find a musical sound recording that is licensed under a Creative Commons (CC) license, can I record and distribute my own cover of the song? (Assuming the particular CC license does not carry the ...
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Relicensing software under GPLv2+ without all contributors
I have software licensed under GPLv2, which I would like to relicense under GPLv2+. Unfortunately, I an unable to contact some of the contributors. Can I proceed, or am I stuck?
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Is it possible to legally prohibit someone from linking to specific pages on your website?
By linking I meant to give exact instructions about how to find a specific page on the site, for a user with enough privilege. It can be a URL, or a demonstration of where you should click, etc.
The ...
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Is it legal to download movies in Canada?
For years Canada has been known as a pirates' safe haven, but copyright in Canada has been going under huge reform for the past few years, and it's been hard to keep up with all the changes. With the ...
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How far does fair-use apply for a source that contains several critiqued resources?
As far as I'm aware, if you're writing an article on a movie (or something similar), you can use screenshots and such from the movie to illustrate your points under fair use law.
Example: Under fair ...
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How to prevent/protect my rights to content I write (US)
I live in the US and do writing of my own in various forms ranging from blog posts to content for handouts and trainings I might want to resell at some point in the future.
What steps I should take ...
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