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Tagged with united-kingdom copyright
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Is Showbox legal to use in the UK?
The Android app "Showbox" allows users to stream the latest movies (still in the cinema) to their device for watching (but not keeping). Is this app legal to use in the UK?
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Does creating a YouTube client via the YouTube API infringe copyright?
I have developed an iOS app that acts as a YouTube Client using the official YouTube API. I've been very care to ensure that my app complies fully with the YouTube API ToS (https://developers.google....
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Photographs on social media being altered and reposted
What protections are available for images owned by me and published via social media when they are taken, edited, then re-published?
For example I publish an image which belongs to me on Facebook.
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Can a person be sued retroactively for copyright infringement?
Consider a blog on which the blog author displays images taken from internet sources. The author later learns about copyright implications of this.
If the blog author removes the images from the site,...
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OEM Legislation
As an OEM, is it legal to use branded motherboards, such as ASUS in our own enclosures. I am aware that the other parts get used by major computer makers such as HP. However they usually make their ...
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Transferring public domain material into a country where it is still in copyright
I've noticed that, in Australia, books created by authors who've died before 1955 are in the public domain.
For example, all of George Orwell's works are available from the University of Adelaide: ...
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Fair use of text snippets in a dictionary
If a dictionary (about the use of scientific terminology) includes snippets from several sources, would an authorization be needed from each copyright holder?
Each entry in the dictionary would ...
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Performing music in public
I am a musician. I want to perform music. How do I do this without being sued into oblivion?
I am particularly interested in UK law.
As I understand it, a specific sound recording (of anything) is ...
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Using BBC podcasts in a software, legality
This software will be a freeware, which will be used to improve language abilities of English exam takers. My software will play a part of their (BBC-United Kingdom) pod cast (a minute or 2) and the ...
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Renewing copyright for an artistic work
Scenario:
A British artist dies and the 70 years pma rule comes into effect. However, his daughter sits on the board for the artist's foundation and does not want copyright to expire after 70 years. ...
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Legality of using data obtained by hacking to make a blog post
As a data scientist, based in the UK, I am thinking about downloading the recently leaked Ashley Madison data, producing some interesting statistics (none of them incriminating), and using them to ...
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Copyright of passport pictures
Let's say Person1 takes camera pictures of the following items and releases them as public domain:
The external cover of her own USA passport
The external cover of the USA passport of a willing ...
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Using (presumably) copyrighted materials in reviews
I run a film and TV show reviewing blog using the Google Blogger service.
On this blog, I frequently use pictures taken from the film/episode/TV show that I am reviewing in the article.
The pictures ...
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