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Book published in the UK, public domain in home country, still under US copyright?
I'm looking at publishing an e-book from a public domain book, and wondering if I can distribute it in the US. The book is Sex & Culture by J. D. Unwin.
The book was published in 1934 and the ...
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Job Contract Copyright Waiver
I am starting my first full-time job. It is a software job in the UK, I am a citizen of a different EU country.
The contract I am about to sign seems very demanding about the rights to intellectual ...
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Can a library forbid me to make copies of un-copyrighted material?
There is a book published in 1878 (i.e. not copyrighted anymore) which is currently not available in the public domain. I would like to bring it into the public domain by making a scan of it and ...
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Under English law, if someone's lawyer sends you a letter "not for publication" is it a tort to publish it?
If in the English jurisdiction a lawyer instructed by another party sends you a letter marked "not for publication", are you committing a tort or other wrong if you publish it without their consent? ...
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Under British law if first copyright belongs to a company, does it expire and if so, when?
Under British law (s11 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988), the first copyright of a book belongs to its creator, or, if the creator writes it for an employer, his employer (s9). Now his ...
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Am I infringing on copyright?
I am currently developing a website on which users can upload web comics and in return get paid from ad revenue.
The issue comes in when a user uploads copyrighted work and I'm held responsible for ...
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Legal issues with a company called Elon selling 'musk' cologne
Would I get in legal trouble in the US or UK for starting a company called Elon and selling 'musk' cologne? I know that College Humor made a joke about this a few years ago, but this is an actual ...
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Hosting free comics on my website
I have paperback comics which I legally bought. I was wondering, if I scanned them into PDFs and uploaded them on my website for people to VIEW for free, not DOWNLOAD, would it be illegal? I'm in the ...
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Kirtsaeng and books from the UK marked "not for sale in the U.S.A."
Many older books printed for the UK market (most notably The Great Gatsby) had text on the back cover resembling the following:
For copyright reasons this book is not for sale in the U.S.A.
Under ...
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If the KJV is still in copyright in the UK could I have a problem if people buy something quoting it from the US?
I'm creating a Christian game with KJV quotes which will be printed and published -via self-publishing- in the US. I understand the KJV is in the public domain worldwide, except for the UK. Could I ...
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Youtube and copyright on music composition
I posted a video to YouTube featuring a violin performance by my son. It was an original performance, recorded by me and using equipment owned by me. Later I found that ads were appearing on the video ...
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How is handpicked.org able to republish and link other people's images? (UK)
I'm curious about this UK site - handpicked.org - which republishes images from from social media accounts and other online sources. The pics are linked to the source, but don't carry a full ...
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UK TV Licensing changes 2016 - which Law or Legislation changed to facilitate this?
Various sources such as the BBC and MoneySavingExpert talk about the law changing with regards to TV licensing, specifically stating that UK Residents now require a TV License to watch catch-up (...
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Copyright infringement of 10 second music clip
I have recently created an animation/parody of famous song and have added about an 8 second clip of the song as the background audio for my animation.
However, I would like to post the animation (...
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When submitting coursework to a university does the author retain copyright?
Does the author of university coursework retain copyright to it after submission?
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