COPYRIGHT

Don’t Wait to Register Your Copyright! – Lessons From NBA 2K Video Game Case

You’ve done some research and you’ve found out that in the United States you own your copyright in your creative work when you memorialize it in a “tangible medium of expression.”  Therefore, you don’t need to register your copyright with the Copyright Office in order to say you own the copyright.  True. But, one of …

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“I Got a License!” (Music Use – Why Are Political Campaigns Getting It So Wrong?)

Is it better to beg for forgiveness than to ask and get turned down?  Well…in the music context…let’s see. On July 19, 2016 at 7:37pm, the renowned 2000 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Earth Wind & Fire tweeted: “Another unauthorized use (September) at the Republican Convention, against our wishes.” Earlier that day, at …

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