What's a "commecial use" in Creative Commons licenses?
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I am not a lawyer, and you should probably speak to one about this, but here's my two cents. The full legal text says, "You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3 above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. The exchange of the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works."\n\nDetermining what is "primarily intended" for commercial purposes is somewhat hazy, but if you are not making more money than it costs to run the site, etc. (factoring in non-cash costs like your time as well), you are likely acting within the license. Making money is not completely forbidden by the license, but using the work primarily to do so.
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From the copyright holder.  You need to contact the owner directly and ask for terms.
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Type in U. S. Copyright Office.\nGet a kit from them.
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Same as any other Copyright. All rights are reserved to the author/publisher, absent any specific license to the contrary.\n\nNow, some channels and some programs grant specific licenses to people, for non-commercial home or educational use. This license provides additional privileges to the audience, but it's not something that is automatic just because of the channel the show was broadcast on. When in doubt, call the TV station and ask what their policy is for particular show. Their legal department will tell you.
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The definition you suggest is 'off the mark'.\n\nHere's some info that should help:\n\nCopyright is a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. At its most general, it is literally "the right to copy" an original creation. In most cases, these rights are of limited duration. The symbol for copyright is © (Unicode U+00A9), and in some jurisdictions may alternatively be written as either (c) or (C).\n\nCopyright may subsist in a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms or "works". These include poems, theses, plays, and other literary works, movies, choreographic works (dances, ballets, etc.), musical compositions, audio recordings, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, software, radio and television broadcasts of live and other performances, and, in some jurisdictions, industrial designs. Copyright is a type of intellectual property; designs or industrial designs may be a separate or overlapping form of intellectual property in some jurisdictions.\n\n///
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http://www.creativecommons.com/ will help you create a copyright and formal terms-of-use statement from three options that you select. The process is so simple it's almost automatic.
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I have not ever kown anyone to have to have a license.  I am curious about this.  I license to do what?
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It depends very much on which country are you located in. It also depends on what type of licence the software you are downloading has. There are shareware software licences that let free distribution of it. However Photoshop is not one of those and in US is illegal. You can simple check the licence when installing a software if it's free for distribution or not.
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Anything that is not copyrighted. Open source software.
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If you don't have a record label to do these things for you, a good bet would be to get a creative commons licence for works you would like to distribute to the public domain. More information on this can be found at creativecommons.org.\n\nCreative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators. They have built upon the "all rights reserved" concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary "some rights reserved" approach.
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Obvious parody. If they don't get the hunour then they are wound too tight. Fair use says you can parody anyone's work without their permission. You aren't passing his work off as your own. What a bunch of dips**ts.
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It's called Fair Use. Look here:\nhttp://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/
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IF you own the rights to the images, ie you took them and they are yours. You will then need to find music from an unsigned artist, and get their permission to use their music ..
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I'm not a lawyer.  This is not legal advice.  Consult a lawyer for specifics.  \n\nRegarding copyright symbol - circle-C:  \n\nNo, it doesn't violate any law to use it without registration.  \n\nEvery original artwork (visual, language, music, perhaps even genetic and a few other media I know nothing about) you create is protected by copyright law from the moment of creation, regardless of whether you register it with the copyright office.  However enforcement is easier, and civil penalties for infringement are higher, if you have registered prior to any act of infringement...  \n\n...Unless you expressly relinquish some or all of your intellectual property rights by writing:  "This work is in the public domain," or "This work is protected by Creative Commons Deed 2.5 (or whatever version is current)."  \n\nProfessor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford Law School is worth reading; his blog is listed below.  \n\nTrademark?  Check out the USPTO website in an earlier answer.
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I'd go to Microsoft to be sure I am not infringing on a copyright.  \n\nIt is NOT TRUE that you can use what you find elsewhere as long as you give credit to where you found the graphic.  (Links 1 & 2) That is a very serious misconception that artists/writers and copyright owners have been trying to disabuse people of for ages so please ignore the one person who gave that answer.  They are, sadly, misinformed and advocating breaking the law in a manner that can be financially costly. (Link 3)\n\nBy the way, THANK YOU for asking!  As an artist, I am very, very grateful for people like you who take the time to find graphics that are, indeed, free --- instead of just assuming they can be used.  You're the best!
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Yes. As long as the site you are downloading from is specifically a clip art site, you can use it for your web site.\n\nHowever, always read each site's terms of usage so you know what you can do with the clip art. Some clip art sites are very strict about what you can or can't do with them. For example, some clip art sites will require you to link back to them if you use their graphics. Other sites may not allow you to use their stuff for commercial projects. \n\nSo have fun creating your web page, but just make sure you read a site's guidelines before using their clip art! :-)\n\nIf you need a clip art site where you don't have to worry about using their graphics at all, you can check out: