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      Is it legal to use stuffed animals in my videos?

      I was planning on uploading some videos onto Youtube where I use stuffed animals as characters. They would act like puppets. Is this legal?
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      Would it be infringement if laws are different?

      If I find someone who released something on the Internet that I felt infringed on my product (according to the laws of Britain), but do not infringe based on the laws in America. Would there be a legitamite case against this person? would i have to fly to Britain?
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      Do you think I could get away with using this as a trademark?

      It's like a play on words of a common idiom, but someone else has also thought of this common phrase, although they use a completely different meaning word, although it rhymes. Sorry I can't use the specific example...atleast not until I get it so I'll use a hypothetical example (using the...
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      Parody vs "Effect upon work's value"?

      If I make a parody where I am trying to make fun of a big company for bad service, and I make a skit exaggerating how their employees don't care about their customers, is that still ok? Have there ever been cases where a company has successfully sued a person making a parody because they feel...
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      Do the courts care if the infringement was accidental?

      When the courts weigh the decision on copyright infringement, do they care if it was just a coincidence that 2 things happened to be kind of similar? I am doing drawings right now, and there are only so many variations that can be done, sometimes something I draw will sort of inadvertently look...
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      Does it have to be expensive to be in a lawsuit?

      What is the name of your state? CA I always hear on this forum about how it is expensive to sue someone or to be sued by someone else. Is that always the case? Are there any ways around that? How come sometimes an attorney may be provided? I hear that if a big company wanted to sue you, you...
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      Is it ok to critique a company if my work is fiction?

      I'll give a hypothetical example: Let's say on the Simpsons, they have an episode where they specifically make fun of how bad Microsoft Windows is and how stupid people are for blindly following the Microsoft Company. Would that still be Fair Use?
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      Is it legal to use trademark name if

      it's obvious I have nothing to do with it and even making fun of it? For example, if I made a domain name that was like "[name of big company]sucks.com" I know that parody is ok for copyright, but I don't know how this applies to trademark laws.
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      Trademarked names in different industries

      I remember how the World Wrestling Federation had to change its name to WWE because the World Wildlife Federation claimed WWF was trademarked by them. But pro-wrestling is completely different from animal preservation. How could they enforce it?
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      Can you trademark a person's name?

      For example, if a person's name is Walt Disney, would he be able to use his name to sell things without infringing on Walt Disney Corporation?
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      Trademark

      If I make 5 cartoon characters, each with a unique made-up name that no one has ever used in anything, and I use their names to sell things like t-shirts, posters etc, will that be considered a trademark since it is being used for commerce? Also since it's on the Internet, would my protection...
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      If I want to copyright cartoon characters

      Would it be enough to just draw the characters on a paper and register it, even if there are derivative products in the future? I'm going to have actual animation, t-shirts, toys etc, I would think it would be enough to prove that I have ownership of the characters since I registered the...
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      Is it easy to trasnfer copyrights?

      For example, if I registered copyrights to something, and someday someone wants to buy it, would it be difficult for them to obtain the copyrights?
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      Questions regarding publishing work

      1. what constitutes publishing something? 2. I notice that for a VA form, a published item needs 2 copies while an unpublished item needs just 1. So what happens if it's not published at first, I register copyright, and then afterwards I decide to publish it? Would I have to register again?
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      How can you prove copyright quickly?

      What is the name of your state? CA Reading the copyright webpage I find that they say it takes up to 4 months before they will get to the mail?!? The problems for me would be: how would I prove my copyright within the next 4 months? And also, it seems rather scary that it takes that long...
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      A question about the 3 month rule

      What is the name of your state? CA I understand that if copyright is registered within 3 months of publication, then there could be benefits in awarding damages. What happens if you don't register a copyright, and someone infringes a week later? Is it too late to register a copyright to be...
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      Kind of confused about comicstrip/cartoon

      I tried looking through the website but wasn't really sure still how to do this. If I have an ongoing comic or animated short, do I just submit the first one? If I introduce new characters later on, would I have to submit again?!
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      If I state something as a question...

      What is the name of your state? CA If I state something as a question instead of as a fact, does that get the person off the hook for slander no matter what? Also, if the person starts the sentence with "In my opinion..." does that work the same way? Examples: "The knife was found in his...
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      Can there be slander if the person is not specified?

      What is the name of your state? CA If a person says something bad about your friends, but does not specify which friend it is....could any of your friends legitimately claim that it is slander?
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      A couple questions about music

      If someone composed classical music in 1922, and I want to use one of his performances of the song in 1930, is that public domain? Also, if I go on a website that claims to offer a version of the song as public domain, and it actually isn't, would I be liable? I ask because it would be kind of...

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