By law, the person who creates any work subject to copyright protection is deemed the copyright owner. However, some special circumstances under which another person or a company could be the actual copyright owner exist. One such circumstance is the “work made for hire” concept.
Read more »Copyright protection takes place automatically upon the creation of an original work of authorship. However, without being a requirement, it is still highly recommended that any work protected by copyright should contain a proper copyright notice.
Read more »The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a set of laws that exist to protect copyrighted content on all digital mediums. If you find that somebody is indecently using your copyrighted works on their website, you should file a valid DMCA complaint (also called a DMCA claim or a DMCA takedown notice). It is vital…
Read more »The Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA) is a portion of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act – Section 512 of the Copyright Act. It is a 1998 United States federal law that provides safe harbors to online service providers (e.g., internet service providers, hosting providers, etc.) who act promptly to take down content if…
Read more »Copyright law can be tricky for unqualified people. In many cases, when most people think of copyright, they automatically assume that copying someone else’s work without permission is illegal by law. It is important to clarify that copyright law makes it illegal to do many other things and not just copying.
Read more »Fair Use is an important subject that needs serious elaboration. The Fair Use doctrine is one of the most unclear and widely misinterpreted concepts in copyright law to date. It is an exception to the rule that no one can use another author or artist’s work without prior consent from the copyright owner.
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