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Publish a vocabulary list from a Korean Comic
I'm learning Korean through comics. So everytime I read a chapter, I always make an extensive vocabulary list containing an English translation for each Korean word in that chapter.
My question is: ...
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Can I publish a novel based on a viral tiktok? [duplicate]
Scrolling through tiktok I came across a video . And it sparked an idea for a holiday romance.
In the tiktok a daughter explains a tradition her mom has and how it’s evolved over the years.
Can I ...
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Why is a cover song not fair use? (But parody songs are?)
Considering fair use law, parody, transformative works: Weird Al always asks for permission for his parodies but many law professionals have stated he would not have to.
Considering all this, why does ...
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Is it legal for someone to publish a conversation from the Youtube comments section? What if they were one of the commenters?
If there was a situation where a journalist wanted to publish a back and forth conversation between two commenters that occurred in the Youtube comments section of a video by quoting the entire ...
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How should I go about talking to an Intellectual Property / Copyright expert about an ecommerce product I want to sell?
I am developing a plan to offer a selection of products of similar design in a new online shop.
These designs incorporate the Intellectual Property of others (large corporations) but in a way which I ...
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Can a wiki for a video game be created without authorization from the game creator?
Consider someone wants to create a wiki (user-editable community site) for Heroes of the Storm. The creator of a wiki site is not necessarily the author of any substantive content on the site, but ...
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Is this considered copyright infringement?
Location: United States
Let's imagine...
A created web design.
B is inspired by A's design.
B creates similar design.
Is B's work deemed as copyright infringement?
Person A Design
Person B Design
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Fair-use of mathematics educational YouTube series based on "Byrne's Euclid" (1847) and its latest renditions
I want to create a mathematics educational video series on YouTube based on "Byrne's Euclid" (1847), which in turn, was a rendition of "Euclid's Elements" (circa 300 BC). The ...
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Quotes from Public Speech or book with POD business?
Please note, This question is a bit different than this one:
Intellectual Property Issues associated with a Public Speach?
I am trying to sell some T-shirts online by adding my artwork. At the same ...
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Would I be violating copyright by transcribing music that was written over 100 years ago, but published in 1992?
A particular set of piano rolls were recorded before 1913, but to my knowledge were not published until 1989. The recordings are piano transcriptions of symphonic works, performed by their composer/...
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posted an edited copyrighted document for internal use at a small hospital
I work at a rural hospital in the US that is currently dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic. I work in IT, and am keeping up the intranet for internal staff. For reference, I have been asked to post ...
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Questions about teaching an online course about a copyrighted game
I’m trying to put together a Udemy class about playing (winning ; )) a Zynga game (Words With Friends). I know that there are people who have written e-books about the same, but I want to make sure I’...
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Can I use screenshot of a TV show on slides of a talk?
I have been invited to give a TEDx talk quite soon and the topic of the talk is really close to an episode of Black Mirror. I'd therefore like to use some images of the show in my talk. Other movies ...
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Using a public domain opera, recorded by someone else, in a parody
I found a YouTube video of a public domain opera, and I want to use the sound portion in a musical parody. I will only use parts of it, alter it dramatically, and wish to claim "Fair Use." Is it ...
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Fair use of hardware/software configuration data
I’ve searched through the questions/answers here and after reading several, I’m still confused about this situation.
Wile E. Coyote has purchased the latest and greatest Road Runner Acquisition and ...
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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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