I have a copyright infringement or Fair Use " parody" question?
817197
If financial and commercial gain are the primary purpose of the parodical use, then the Fair Use defense will probably fail.
468584
Get some info on song copyrighting......ASAP.
182944
I'm not a lawyer, so don't necessarily rely on what I am about to say....however, my understanding is that although infringing on ones copyright may not be legal, it must be shown by the copyright holder that damages have been sustained or that you have significantly profitted from this infringement....if this can not be proven, than you do not have to worry....\n\nAlso, it never hurts to try and track down the copyright holder of the original work. If you make a good faith effort in tracking them down for permission, with no sucess, at least you can document that you tried to get permission prior to making your adjustments should the copyright holder pop up down the road, also, as stated in an answer above, copyrights do expire, so there may be no current holder.\n\nAlso, if you have signifcantly changed or altered the original copyright, if done so significantly, your work in of itself becomes a new piece of copyrighted material.\n\nI believe I have provided a very good answer for you, however, if I were you I would also ask this question under a different category other than Business/marketing.....try asking this under an Art category, you are likely to find more experts...\n\nmark my answer here as best choice...thanks.
604678
It is possibly and probably illegal, although it depends on what you're taking. Regardless of whether or not there's a copyright notice, the text of the website is copyright of the author of the text or owner of the site. There is a fair use exception to copyright; again, that gets into the amount and substantiality of what you're taking. Giving credit to the original author doesn't matter if you're infringing; it's still infringement.\n\nHere's a link about the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which explains more about some of the issues involved: \nhttp://www.keytlaw.com/Copyrights/dmca.htm
1083587
You report fraud to local law enforcement.  \n\nYou report copyright violations to the copyright holder.  It's up to them to enforce their rights, you can't do if for them.
840941
Dood you better be carefull, those images are Copyrited. Get enough traffic and you be in court fast. Web aint what it use ta be, Apple,Microsoft and Metallica are to thank for that. \nLook at the DRM,WIPO then look at Creative Commons and FSF/GNU. \nYou are makeing a profit off of others property, thats is called Internet Piracy. \nIt sux, but thats the law now.
518319
You're on dangerous ground matey, be careful with the copyright issues.  The way you're asking questions here, you might as well just go into a police station and ask the same question!!!!
253405
Put a copyright on it, copyrighting lawyers are very common so you can hire one if you need it.
571672
Holy cr@p!  No, that is not legal.  At all.  That is also the dumbest explanation of copyright laws I've ever heard.\n\nKeep in mind that this moron looks like he's in the UK and he's trying to make a buck.  Don't trust anyone who tells you that it's perfectly ok to purchase bootlegged items.  This guy just wants your money and he really doesn't care what laws YOU end up breaking for him to get rich.
50007
Based on the way that you worded your question, yes it's illegal.  But based on what it seems like you'd be doing with it, probably not.  If you'd be photocopying it in order to distribute and resell the copies then you'd have some legal issues (unless you paid ASCAP or BMI).  If you're going to make 2 copies for the bass player and the keyboard player, you're probably okay because ASCAP would find it unrewarding to hire an attorney to go after you for the $.50 in royalties that the music represents (although technically it's illegal).
244401
you could do a google search and then just copy someone else's work.  it's what everyone else does...
961743
I don't think it is classed as copyright but if you make a copy and send it to yourself by registered post, you have some sort of proof you owned it before making it public.  but then again, why make it public in the first place?  \nWhen the tape arrives through the postal system, DON'T open the packet!!!
414866
It's called copyrights you can't get credit for someone Else's hard work. that is why u always do what these other two people say print the source where u got that information. And people have gotten in trouble before for not doing this. It's a law.
457152
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized use of copyrighted material in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works that build upon it. The slang term bootleg (derived from the use of the shank of a boot for the purposes of smuggling) is often used to describe illicitly copied material.
473806
The product: illegal\nTo own/use the product: legal
416276
Yes. Derivative works are considered an infringement of copyright.\n\nhttp://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html#howmuch
1043676
It might have been considered copyright infringement.