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     Registering copyright in US?

     Does it matter if a person registers copyright in US vs. another country under the Berne convention? Are there any legal advantages for doing so?

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     • Feb 3, 2013
     • Replies: 2
     • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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     How does limited liability work exactly?

     What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA If I start a limited liability corporation and get sued, how much is the maximum amount I would be liable for? I have heard that it is the amount that I "invested" in, and it is not based on profits or revenue of the corporation. So if I only...

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     • Jan 27, 2013
     • Replies: 4
     • Forum: Starting and Operating a Business
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     Some questions on Copyright registrations

     I want to know why they require a real address? I just find it kind of un-nerving that anyone on the internet can easily find out where I live. Also if I registered for a copyright a long time ago on something that I don't really care for anymore, can they delete it?

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     • Nov 2, 2008
     • Replies: 9
     • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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     Am I allowed to use a trademarked name in sentence?

     For example if someone is called "The Next Madonna" or a company is referred to as "The Next Universal Studios". The phrase itself would not be trademarked, but would be shown in big font on a page.

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     • Oct 9, 2008
     • Replies: 15
     • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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     General Copyright/Trademark questions

     1. If I have registered a copyright, who can have access to view the item that I copyrighted? 2. When I check names that have trademarks, some are called "dead" even though they were registered within the past 10 years. How does that happen?

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     • Oct 2, 2008
     • Replies: 10
     • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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     Derivative Work on registered copyright

     I had registered a piece of art last year that featured dozens of characters on it. This year, I decided to select a few of those characters to be used in an animation and comicstrip. I gave it a completely new title, re-designed the way the characters looked, and added a few new characters...

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     • Sep 7, 2008
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     • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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     What if someone has the same real name as me?

     I want to start a t shirt and art company that will be named after my real first and last name. I've searched google, and there's this guy with the exact same first and last name as me. He seems to be like a semi-serious freelance artist that sometimes has a display in an art gallery (I don't...

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     • Aug 29, 2008
     • Replies: 3
     • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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     Mis-spelling trademark question

     If somebody else registered trademark where they mispelled a word, can I still use that misspelling? (it's in the same industry of "toys")....for this example let's say they spelled it "Kreature Kamp", and I made a toy action figure called "Kick-Ass Kreature", would that be okay? The reason why...

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     • Aug 13, 2008
     • Replies: 2
     • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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     What kind of trademark are these names?

     I was looking at the strengths of certain criteria for trademarks. Assume they are not famous. Would something like "Hello Kitty" be considered suggestive or descriptive? What about "Sex and the City"? Or "Desperate Housewives"?

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     • Aug 7, 2008
     • Replies: 9
     • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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      What does "limited fact pattern" mean?

      This was in discussion with regards to copyrights and law.

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      • Jul 30, 2008
      • Replies: 2
      • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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      Would this be okay for a trademark name?

      edit: I decided to go with a different name because I thought of something catchier and definetly trademarkable.

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      • Jul 2, 2008
      • Replies: 4
      • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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      People doing cover songs on youtube

      I have noticed virtually every single popular musician on youtube has mostly videos of them doing covers of other people's songs. According to what I remember, this is illegal. Yet they are Partners of youtube which mean they get advertising revenue from it, and also many of them even offer...

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      • Jun 25, 2008
      • Replies: 1
      • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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      How can I legally use someone else's suggestion?

      For example, if I am making a show, and somebody e-mails me with a suggestion on what I should do in an episode (like fan-fiction), is it legal for me to use it? Are there any potential problems I should look out for?

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      • May 25, 2008
      • Replies: 6
      • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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      Is it legal to draw objects that are copyrighted?

      For example, can I draw public places? What about if someone took a photograph of a place....would I be able to draw it?

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      • May 5, 2008
      • Replies: 3
      • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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      Does it matter if the similarities are a coincidence?

      If it is quite apparent that the similarities are just an unintentional coincidence, does that matter in court?

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      • May 1, 2008
      • Replies: 5
      • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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      Would this be considered slander?

      On a show that I will make, one of my characters makes an off-hand remark that a certain hollywood celebrity is "crazy".

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      • Apr 27, 2008
      • Replies: 3
      • Forum: Libel / Slander / Defamation
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      If video comes from a different country, but uses an American site

      Hi, if someone lives in, say, Europe, and uploads something onto an American site like Youtube, would that person and video be held to the laws of US or the country of that person?

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      • Apr 16, 2008
      • Replies: 2
      • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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      Is it fair use if I use a very tiny portion?

      For example, I was planning on doing this video where I get like 1 or 2 seconds from a couple of different movies and edit them into my video. Would it be considered fair use on the basis that it is such a small portion?

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      • Apr 15, 2008
      • Replies: 5
      • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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      Question on using public domain materials

      1) Do I have to legally mention anywhere that I am using it? 2) If I edit a public domain video by cutting scenes, and adding some of my own, does that make me the copyright owner of this version of the video? (obviously I wouldn't be able to stop people from copying the public domain...

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      • Apr 12, 2008
      • Replies: 1
      • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks
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      How does youtube survive?

      Every single day there are videos that are obviously uploaded from TV and get 500,000 hits. It's on there for days, weeks, sometimes months. You click on the flim category and virtually every single video is copyright infringement. It seems like (a) the person uploading the video has no...

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      • Apr 6, 2008
      • Replies: 5
      • Forum: Copyrights & Trademarks