How do I get permission from a copyright owner?
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You have to find the owner, contact them, and ask for permission.  The owner has no responsibility to provide contact information.  If you do contact the owner, the owner does not have to reply.  If the owner does reply, he can refuse to let you reproduce the work.  If that happens, you can offer to pay more money, but the owner does not have to accept.  In other words, the copyright owner holds all of the cards.\n\nYou should look into whether your use is "fair use," in which case, the owner cannot stop you from using the material and you do not have to pay a royalty.\n\n=====\n\nThe fair use doctrine in the United States is based on free speech rights provided by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. In the context of United States copyright law, the doctrine provides for the legal, non-licensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work under a four-factor balancing test. The term "fair use" is unique to the United States; a similar principle, fair dealing, exists in some other common law jurisdictions. United States trademark law also incorporates a "fair use" defense. While the names are the same, the doctrines are quite different.\n\nPhilippine copyright law has a fair use doctrine based largely, or even exactly, on the doctrine adopted in the United States.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Use
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You need permission from the copyright holder.  Even if you are not selling the DVDs, you are using the music for business purposes, to make money, so it is illegal to use it without permission.
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Copyright means that the creator owns the right to copy their work. Unless the person gives (or sells) rights to someone else, all rights belong to the creator of the material.
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Mark them as copyrighted:\n\nCopyright 2006 by (Your Name)\n\nThat's all it takes!
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Whether it's graphics or information, you should first read over the site carefully for copywrite information.  Many sites have copywrites on their graphics that forbid others to use them without express permission.\n\nIf they don't have any copywrite's, you can use them but as a courtesy, you should send the owner a note requesting the use of their graphics.  This will also cover you because if they put up a stink or try to charge you, then most likely if they ever found out you were using their graphics without asking them, they could try to take action against you.
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copyrighted,ketchup,uncopyrighted
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You can do this at the US Copyright Office. The application is fairly simple & the cost is $30 per application (it will likely rise to $45 by July 1).\n\nI posted direct links at the US Copyright Office as well as some handy resource sites.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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You may want to look into copyright laws first.
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Get a patent or copyright, and when you contact them, ask them.  Or, call a software developer(also get a copyright for this) and ask them to take a look at it.  Send it to them, of have them come to you.  If they are interested, they will buy it ( giving them most rights to it) and give you lots of money if it is good.
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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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Using a combo of programs (i.e. anydvd & DVD Clone or DVD shrink & nero) it is easy to make a "backup of your own property and/or DVDs” it is illegal to reproduce copyright material w/o permission\n\nthese are free programs or programs you can get for less then $30
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First step is to put 'All pages (or, "All writings") contained herein (the) copyright (symbol)  2006 (the year, of crs) by your name, on the title page (for a book manuscript)...\n\nwhen you put your name/signature on any creative work, they say you are protected. \nIf you are very serious, there is the U.S. Copyright Ofc, in Washington D.C. They don't come to the telephone in a hurry, and you do pay a fee...if you do it via snail mail (I haven't looked lately...likely you can find info and I bet even the application papers, online), you'll need to get a good book, as yu'l likely sit 'on hold' a time...then, you'll need a copy of your text, to send in with the fee and form papers.\nBe aware, that once the copyright expires (yu get to keep renewing it, every few years), then the copyright registered work comes under the 'public domain'...anyone can swipe, legally then. And, yes, they do want you to keep paying renewal fees, last I knew. \nThe old 'kitchen table copyright' is legally binding, in cases of dispute, as far as, again, I last heard: You put a copy of your completed work, into a sealed envelope, which you mail from yourself, to yourself (at the same address). You then file the sealed envelope with its contents away, 'in case'. The rules are different for writing lyrics, and for visuals, for artworks, than for text, when going thru the Wash. DC ofc.\nBest wishes, WRITER
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Interesting question.\n\nFirst. If the music is copyrighted, and 99.9% of music is, you can't. I should say you shouldn't unless you want to be shut down.\n\nOther than that try Geocities.
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you need to contact each copyright holder and negotiate for rights
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One thing you can do to guarantee not getting ripped off, is whats called a "poor man's copyright". This is how you do it. First, make a copy of your script, outline, storyboard etc., whatever you have. Put the original in a shipping envelope (the manila colored ones with padding work best), now, take it to the mailbox, and mail it to yourself, honestly, the post office will do this. They will take the letter, process it, in processing they will stamp it with their location, and the date, then when it comes back to you, DO NOT OPEN IT, literally leave it closed, forever, but keep it safe. The reason being, if someone steals your idea, the "poor mans copyright" will hold up in court if the date is visible (and before the other person says they made theirs), and the envelope is unopened, that way they know it was not tampered with in any way. This is a great help to struggling writers who dont have the money to spend on copyrighting their ideas.
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You need to look into the terms of the contract that existed between you and the photographer.\n\nWhen a photographer takes a photo they own the copyright to it, just as happens when anybody creates any sort of work in tangible form be it writing, a movie, a painting or a photo.\n\nOften when someone commissions a person to produce a work on their behalf the person doing the commissioning does so on the understanding that they will have copyright of that work.\n\nThe fact that they're your kids doesn't have any bearing on the matter.  \n\nFirstly you should check through any smallprint and see what that says.  In the absence of any terms or conditions then approach the photographer and see what she has to say regarding ownership of copyright.  You caould always state that you hired her on the understanfing that you would be granted copyright.\n\nUntil things are resolved I woundn't go selling the prints.\n\nI hope you manage to get things sorted - good luck.
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as far as i know downloading anything which you are not paying for without the authors permission is stilling... itunes and napster are the most know legal sites.