Are your thoughts copyrighted?
828897
they should, i should charge people to be able to read my questions/answers :)
528517
Yes, as long as you are not violating any copyright laws.
900107
We have the right to think whatever we want to think.  So therefore we have the right to pass judgement in our minds on anyone.  But I do NOT believe we have the right to outwardly judge any human being under any circumstances - I believe that is the sole right of our creator whoever or whatever that may be.  By speaking our judgement we use the power of our words and that action is wrong, in my opinion.  I am not going to say that I live up to that ideal 100% of the time but it's what I believe and I do try very hard to in my life.  Words are powerful and should be used with that in mind.
11345
In the United States (and the law is similar in most countries), it isn't copyright that you need to worry about. Single words and titles aren't copywrited.  However, the word "entmoot" from the Lord of the Rings is probably subject to trademark protections, even though it may not be registered as a trademark.  The law can be complicated, and many tests are applied, but the basic question asked in trademark is whether the mark (in this "entmoot") is associated with the previous user and could cause confusion in a customer when the customer sees it used by the new user. That is, would someone buying a product with "entmoot" in the title assume that the product is associated with Tolkien/ Lord of the Rings because of the word.  I think they probably would, myself.\n\nThe US Trademark Office and Copyright Office have some useful information online if you want to pursue the question.  http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/index.html
290141
It's legal: there is no law regarding it.\n\nHowever you cannot directly link to copyrighted material. You can write the webmaster of that site for permission, and then publish it.
953704
It's been a while since I read up on this, but copyright law does allow for a "fair use" clause -- where if your production is a parody, or is for educational purposes, you should be ok.\n\nAnother thing is to contact the copyright holder and ask for permission.  I've done this several times in the past and to my surprise I've received said permission.
778103
If it's from a copy righted picture, then absolutely NO, not without permission. If you're just painting them as you see them it's OK, because they've put themselves into the public domain. It's legal, b/c almost none have their image copy-righted.
32520
If it's in your own words, it's ok. If you use the name and it's copyright, then you have a problem.
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The question is do you think it's wrong? I would assume so since you're looking for validation to do it. \nI have bought things books, tapes, CD and I have copied some of them after I purchased them, for my own individual use but I first bought the item. It really is a personal thing. We have made duplicates in order to preserve the original from our children's destructive forces. But we don't give out copies. I feel that as long as we've bought the product and given the money to the right person we should be able to use it within our home however we want.\nInevitable now adays with scanners in the home and VRC's and all the tech. out there it is very hard to enforce copyright laws. the other thing I would say is as long as your not taking money away from sales or making money from making copies you're probably OK. Again it is a personally decision.
708262
Yes you can do that if it is not copyright protected.\nE
41286
In my opinion if you put something out in public space you should expect it to be public. Also since it is not copyrighted it is not protected in the fact that someone can come along and use what you say in another public forum without giving you/blogger credit. \n If the blogger has any common sense/civility he should let his friends know that what they say could end up on his blog just like a journalist should be letting his quotes know that they will end up in print/ public view.
710438
Mark them as copyrighted:\n\nCopyright 2006 by (Your Name)\n\nThat's all it takes!
369571
when the file is copyrighted
846995
everything that is created in the united states is copyrighted without exception, so to have a copy without permission is illegal
152601
From the copyright holder.  You need to contact the owner directly and ask for terms.
517603
your thoughts have a direct effect on the reality you create.  its been proven!  check out the movie What the Bleep do We Know if you're doubtful or their website whatthebleep.com or email/IM me.
1080325
Are you copying Darwin's questions?