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Fair use on naking a VR TCG Viewer App from an existing TCG [closed]

There exists a TCG (Trading Card Game) with all its card art and text being hosted on their website. Would I be ok to make an App to pull data directly from their site to display a virtual version of ...
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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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