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 COPYRIGHT
BASICS
a basic article on copyrights by our
webmaster, Bruce Burdick, JD, complete with hyperlinks.
This is a continually
updated basic explanation made by Burdick Law Firm as a handout for
clients to avoid them having to pay costly legal fees to get basic
copyright advice. Before you see a copyright lawyer or file an
application for copyright registration, you should review this informative
artricle. Other IP lawyers are free to copy and use the
article, provided proper credit is given. The easiest way to do that
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Copyright Newsflashes - Grokster and Morpheus win major copyright victory, 2 major P2P file sharing networks have won their case. 9th Circuit holding that they have insufficient control over users to prevent user infringement and that there are substantial non-infringing uses for the systems. This is in contrast to the Aimster case, where the defendant did not show any substantial non-infringing use of its site. 2004/09/23 Modified Chip for Sony Playstation held copyright infringement at moment creator made the copy which he used to create the modified chip, despite defense arguing there was no infringing article. UK Case 9/28/2004
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld
a district court's finding that it had subject matter jurisdiction over a
copyright infringement claim. The case involved the distribution of
educational course materials that were created in France, marketed in
cyberspace and imported into the United States.
Full text 9/28/2004
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Copyright
Office the US Copyright Office home page |
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World
Copyright Report an
online magazine that reports on copyright news and basic copyright
information. Written at a relatively high level, so it's not for the
copyright novice but rather for copyright lawyers and specialists.
Subscription required but is currently free |
Copyright
Registration Search online
searching of US Copyright Office’s database |
Why
register? A short article to explain why, even though
copyright is automatic, registration is VITAL to enforcing a copyright |
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US
Copyright Law
(from Cornell) a
link to the actual statuteslike patent law, copyright law is FEDERAL
law, which is litigated in FEDERAL courts. on copyright…note that |
ASCAP
(American
Society of Composer And Publishers) - performance rights |
Copyright
Forms official forms (in .pdf format) from the US Copyright
Office |
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World
Intel. Prop. Org.
(international
copyright agency) |
BMI
(Broadcase Music
Incorporated - performance rights) |
LOC Online Catalog Search |
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Copyright Clearance Center
(blanket periodical copying licenses) if your business
wants a license to copy magazine articles, the CCC can provide it.) |
SESAC
(Society of European Stage Authors
and Composers – int’l performance rights)
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Library of Congress
(where
copyright office is located) |
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US
Patent Office
(patents &
trademarks ) |
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Pending © Legislation |
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Copyright Searching
(how
to) |
NMPA (music publishers assoc.) – if you
want permission to publish sheet
music of a copyrighted song, this is where you go. |
Fair
Use & Copyright (Stanford University) |
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Copyright Lawyer
if you need to sue
to get what’s due |
Copyright Basics
(from US Copyright Office) An excellent
introductory article on the basics of copyright law and practice, prepared
by the US Copyright Office. |
Copyright Myths (debunked) |
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NY Times v Tasini–Supreme
Court - online pub of collective work infringes © in individual works |
Copyright Society (Duke University) |
Crash
Course in Copyright Law (University of Texas) |
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Copyright Detective (private eye) |
Copyright Books (basic information) |
Country Music Studios
(links to
country music recording studos) |
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Pressplay (Sony & Universal online digital music stream subscription
service joint venture) |
Back to burdlaw |
MusicNet
(BMG, EMI, Warner & Zomba online digitial music stream subscription
service ) |
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Copyright
Portal (case law & links) |
The Major Labels
(contacts for licensing copyrights in sound recordings) Universal
Music Group
(i.e, MCA, Geffen, Mercury, Island) Warner Music
Group
(i.e., Warner Bros., Atlantic, Elektra) Sony Music
Entertainment (i.e, Epic, Columbia)
BMG
Entertainment
(i.e., BMG, RCA, Arista) EMI-Capitol
Music Group North America
(i.e., Capitol, Virgin, Chrysalis) Their association, the RIAA |
The RIAA Member Labels | ||
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IIAP
(International Intellectual Property Alliance) – Copyright
Anti-Counterfeiting Organization |
IRMA (International Recording Media Association) – high level executive networking group | |||
| Authorlink – an online unpublished manuscript exchange | IRMA Directory Search (Searchable Directory of Recording Industry Suppliers and Publishers) | |||
| INTA – International Trademark Association (world’s largest trademark owners association) | Major Publishers Links (List of US Publishing Links) | |||
| Muzak (U.S. business music broadcaster) | SoundWave (U.S. audio industry information) | |||
| Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) (U.K.) | Music Interactive, web site development for music industry (U.K.) | |||
| Dot Music (U.K. music industry guide) | IMMEDIA Australia & Asia Media Directory | |||
| Songlink International (U.K.-based songwriters & publishers monthly tipsheet/magazine) | New England Artist Records (U.S.) | |||
| Webnoise, an online music industry news service (U.S.) | The Independent Feature Project (U.S.) | |||
| The National Music Foundation (NMC) (U.S.) | The Blues Foundation (U.S.) | |||
| International Intellectual Property Alliance (U.S.) | Music Educators National Conference (MENC) (U.S.) | |||
| Musi-Cal (Calendar for live music events) | The American Music Center (U.S.) | |||
| Gigswap, a music networking organization | Hollywood Reporter - Music Listings | |||
| Museum of Television And Radio (MTV&R) (U.S.) | Taxi, an independent A&R resource for the music industry (U.S.) | |||
| All Music Network (U.S.) | ||||
| Sony Bono Copyright Extension Act. |
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