The following links contain information on obtaining a copyright and related issues. Copyright Protection The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Digital Signatures Digital Signatures (Update) Digital Millennium Copyright Act Outdated By New Technology Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Kazaa LimeWire P2P File Sharing Litigation Copyright Registration (Worth reading) Added Copyright Protection VARA
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ADDED COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR VISUAL ARTS
The copyright act provides creates an additional bundle of rights to the author of a “work of visual art”. The Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA). First, the protection only applies to a narrowly defined group, i.e., a painting, drawing, print or sculpture existing as a single work or in a limited edition of no more…
COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION
(This is worth reading) In my note entitled Copyright Protection I have described copyright as the weakest form of protection for intellectual property rights. However, when in doubt, in pays to register your copyright. It is a relatively easy and inexpensive process. It can now be done on line with a credit card or payment…
THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT AND KAZAA
Kazaa, a peer to peer music and video file sharing entity, in July 2006, settled with the music and movie industries. This ends a long running battle that had tested the limits of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). See the related article Digital Millennium Act outdated by technology. The opinion of the DC Circuit…
DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT OUTDATED BY NEW TECHNOLOGY
The laws pertaining to activity over the Internet continues to evolve (and flip flop). An example is the ability of a copyright owner, e.g., owner of a popular music recording, to subpoena an ISP to disclose the “real world identity “ behind a computer IP address1 that is downloading (“pirating”) copyrighted music. Of course, when…
DIGITAL SIGNATURES AND THE INTERNET (UPDATE)
Congress passed the “Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act” in June 2000. The text of the law is found at 15 United States Code (USC), Section 7001 et seq. This “Electronic Signatures Act” became effective October 1, 2000, but with several important provisions delayed until March 1, 2001 and June 1, 2001. See…
DIGITAL SIGNATURES AND THE INTERNET
Obviously, more and more communication is being conducted via the Internet or e-mail. Both business and consumer transactions are involved. Items of substantial monetary value are purchased and shipped by agreement and direction established and documented solely in an electronic form. In addition, instructions are issued that can have substantial economic consequences. Examples include directions…
THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (AND MAKING SENSE OF NAPSTER)
The Digital Millennium Copy Right Act (DMCA) was created in 1998 to protect the ownership rights of author’s and artists from the ability of people to easily and quickly make unauthorized copies of perfect or near perfect quality. Technology created or distributed for this purpose was made illegal. See generally Title I, Section 1201, of…
COPYRIGHTS
Copyright protection is, perhaps, the weakest of the protections granted to intellectual property. A copyright protects an expression of an idea, but not the underlying idea. For example, a story about a boy and his dog can be copyrighted. However the copyright does not give the copyright owner any rights in dogs and boys. It…