Questions tagged [dmca]
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a United States copyright law. It provides copyright holders with a mechanism to address copyright violations, while reducing liability for content providers (such as Stack Exchange).
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Whistling copyrighted music on youtube
Without going into too much detail as to the why's and wherefore's of the question (I'll put it at the bottom, question first), I am curious about the copyright laws regarding whistling copyrighted ...
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Is creating and selling "cheats" or "hacks" for games illegal?
I sell game hacks for a living, but wanted to learn more about the laws regarding what I do.
Most of you probably haven't heard of this, but there are people like me who reverse engineer games, and ...
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Can I file a DMCA takedown notice for a derivative book I made without authorization of the author which was published on the internet by my students?
I made a summary book of a larger book and I provided it to my students six years ago. This derivative book has my name on it and was made without authorization of the editorial of the original book. ...
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How can I legally protect my website from users who upload copyrighted material?
I have a small website that hosts content in the form of text from registered users. The content can be described more specifically as short novels, essays and other personal work. How do I protect ...
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DMCA and First Amendment: When can a commentator be compelled to reveal their method of content acquisition?
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This topic is cousin to the latitude afforded journalists to protect their sources. However, this question primarily pertains to enforcement of the DMCA.
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“User”: the entity that ...
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Can the original copyright holder issue DMCA takedown requests on infringements of second-order derivative works?
Consider this scenario:
Alice publishes a work A under CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Bob makes a derivative work B from A, and publishes it under CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Charles makes another derivative work C from B, and ...
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Is there liability for distributing someone else's copyrighted material to those with permission to use it?
For example, multiple companies that resell widgets are given permission by WidgeCo™ to reuse content (descriptions and images of products) from widgeco.com.
As a third-party website provider to ...
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Do I have video rights over my software?
If one creates software and chooses to sell it, are they able to control any video footage of the software in use? If so, must they go about that by stating explicitly in the license that users may ...
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Copyrights owner rights in case of DMCA – user block
Recently I started to sell my digital items in the web and faced with the piracy.
Pirates fraud my files from the market, upload them to the file hosting services and posts the links to warez web ...
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Is it prohibited to accept DMCA takedown notices from non-authorized individuals?
I asked Github to take down some infringing Capcom content. I'm 100% sure that the Capcom doesn't want the content there because it's software to bypass their copy protection. I specifically asked ...
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Can I use a TV character name for my business brand?
"Species 8472" is a legendary race in the Star Trek universe, which is the only one other than humans to ever have defeated the Borg. It has particular resonance amongst tech nerds, for this reason.
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Copyright of user-generated content
My partner and I created a pre-employment testing website. Users come to our site, pick and choose questions they like from our library and then invite their candidates to take the test.
We (owners ...
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Can an ISP respond to a DMCA counter notice on behalf of a user?
We are an ISP, allowing our users to write reviews of their educational experience. Normally the users' free speech rights are protected through the Communications Decency Act, Anti-SLAPP statutes, ...
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What must an ISP do to be protected under the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
Under statute 512 of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCCA) in section (c)(1)(A)(iii) it stipulates that an ISP
upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, acts
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Can only lawyers write DMCA takedown letters, or can anybody?
My friend and I have been debating whether a DMCA takedown request technically counts as a legal document, therefore requiring a lawyer to provide legal counsel for it. I understand that you are able ...
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