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Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility

SpicyIP

In this post, I look at the question of the government’s copyright ownership in State Board textbooks, and its implications on access to knowledge and education. Government’s Role as Publisher and Copyright Owner. The government’s role as a publisher can allow it to set affordable prices and distribute widely.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

It was published in the U.K. copyright law, a particularly confusing subject for foreign works published before 1978. Bundy argued that the work, as created by a British citizen and published in the U.K., copyright law. Copyright Act of 1909. Background. In 1949, C.W. as part of Dorothy L. The Outcome.

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Foreign Works, US Rights: The 7th Circle of Copyright Hell?

Copyright Lately

Scott-Giles’ “Upper Hell” illustration was first published in a 1949 U.K. ” The complaint, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, claims that Nirvana infringed an illustration first published in a 1949 English language translation of Dante’s “Inferno.” copyright law. without a copyright notice.

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How Lulu Lost Her Mark

Dear Rich IP Blog

Any published photos pre-dating 1925 are automatically public domain (although Brooks' career didn't begin until 1925). Publicity photos published after 1924 were rarely renewed (a requirement for works published before 1964) and they often did not include a copyright notice (a requirement for works published before March 1989).

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1202 and Lanham Act claims can't save lawsuit against embedding photos

43(B)log

Algthough Logan published the photos on Wikimedia under a Creative Commons license, he alleged that Meta stripped the photos of all identifying information and falsely identified itself as the owner by displaying its “copyright tag on the bottom of each Facebook user page,” breaching the license. SellPoolSuppliesOnline.com, LLC v.

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Trademarks vs. Copyrights for Startups

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

A copyright is created the moment you have developed your work to the point that it is in a fixed and tangible form. This means that once you have created text for your website or recorded a video, these works are automatically protected by copyright and you are entitled to use a copyright notice, ©.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

However, a film of the dance moves, or drawings and descriptions of them would be copyrightable. More importantly, because the work must be tangible, that also means that an idea can’t be copyrighted , only the execution of that idea. Although copyright registration is not required, there are several benefits to doing so.