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Is it allowed to sell 3D models of existing brands?
Case: I make 3D models for architecture. Now I made a bundle of IKEA furniture to use in my interior scenes. I do this for clients to give them a visual representation of what a room can be.
Because ...
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Copyright Law and Terms and Services
Terms and Conditions for websites often include provisions pertaining to Copyright Law. To what extent can those Terms and Conditions, as a contract, alter standard copyright law and Fair Use? Can ...
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Use of copyrighted character in software, as a joke
I sometimes insert copyrighted fictional character's images from a franchise on the rarest of error screens ("should never happen" type of thing). This time though, I work for a company, making their ...
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Is a video demonstrating a small portion of a movie sync fair use?
I want to make a YouTube video that talks about a movie synchronization (not that specific one). Could I reasonably assume that showing a very small portion of the synchronization would be counted as ...
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Is it illegal to remove a watermark?
Inspired by this poorly worded question on graphicdesign.stackexchange:
I want to remove a text watermark
Is illegal to remove watermarks?
Off the top of my head I can think of 3 possible legitimate ...
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Fair use: is legality of use determined separately from legality of source?
Youtube and other content sites have extensive resources (Youtube Fair Use Guidelines) that describe the conditions for fair-use. However, these do not contain adequate treatments of legal content ...
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Is it legal use parody products for commercial purposes?
I am future T-Shirt seller. I don't want to have problems with copyright for my designs. So I have made some research and learned that parody is fair use.
Can I sell below parody T-Shirts? (Parody ...
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What exactly would count as copyright infringement in a replication paper?
Cross posted from academia.SE link
I have been following the review process of a replication journal
In particular, it has an open review which can be seen.
On a particular submission they are ...
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Can I use a Disney character name as a nickname for one of my staff members in an interview video?
I am working as a graphic designer for a small team of researchers in a national research organization. One of our team members is affectionately called "Baymax" from the film "Big Hero Six".
I am ...
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Is Encrypted Intellectual Property still considered Intellectual Property?
TL;DR I posted a question yesterday; the answer to which gave me a new question:
Is Encrypted Intellectual Property still considered Intellectual Property in most (or, relevant) cases?
Here's some ...
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Is taking notes copyright infringement?
If I'm taking notes on a book I'm studying would I technically be infringing copyright if I didn't properly cite the source on the piece of paper the notes are on? I got curious because I was watching ...
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Can I use copyrighted media for strictly personal use?
I know copyright / author's rights definition. I read bunch of texts about them and I am also aware that, for example, there are a kind of tolerance on YouTube about uses of copyrighted media (ex: ...
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What would constitute Fair Use in a work that is derivative of a parody?
Let's say that there's a work B, which under U.S. law seems to count clearly as a transformative use (parody, satire or the like) of another work A, and thus subject to fair use. So what about a work ...
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Copyright when translating an Interview
I'm interested in having some television interviews translated from French to English. I'd like to distribute a translated transcript.
Would this be an infringement of copyright law? If so who gives ...
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Is it legal to republish lyrics?
Can a lyrics web site be legal, assuming there are no special agreements with the artists?
Is publishing song lyrics considered "fair use?"
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