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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 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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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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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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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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Is it fair use to discuss a fictional work on a webpage?
On my for-profit website, users can rate and comment on works of literature, film, and music, most of which are copyrighted. The only information I include is:
1.) Title
2.) Release date
3.) MPAA ...
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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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Could a webpage about a fictional character, that reveals no detail about said character, be considered fair use?
It is my understanding that since fictional characters generally belong to copyrighted works, revealing details about a fictional character on a for-profit website falls outside of fair use and makes ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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