Royalties
The Rules of Royalties Royalty payments are defined as a usage-based form of payment made by one party, referred to as the licensee, and another party, referred to as the licensor. The licensor would...
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The Importance of Royalty Fees For clarity, we’ll quickly define the meaning of royalty fees. A royalty payment system is an agreement wherein, rather than buying the copyright to a work, or even...
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What does the Law think of Sampling? Sampling is defined as the act of taking a small portion of one work of art, and then taking that piece and mixing it into an original work of art. This is probably...
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Satire: What can I get away with? You’ve probably heard all three of these words; satire, parody, and spoof. Here we’ll get into satire, and furthermore, how it pertains to copyright law. More...
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How Syndication Works Simply put, in broadcasting, syndication is a way for the creators of a TV show to turn that show into an asset, rather than a sort of a one shot deal. By selling the rights to...
View ArticleTrademark
What Exactly is a Trademark for? ™ You always see those ™ trademarks all over everything from movie posters to toys to food packaging. If you ask most people, they’ll be able to tell you that the Trade...
View ArticleUK intellectual property laws
How do UK Intellectual Property Laws Differ from US Laws? In many areas, the United States and the United Kingdom are pretty similar when it comes to intellectual property laws, copyrights, the public...
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How are US Intellectual Property Laws Unique? It’s probably fair to say that throughout most of the civilized world, copyright laws are kind of built on the same skeleton, more or less. The author or...
View ArticleVideo sharing
Copyright Law and Video Sharing Sites We all know about Youtube and Google video, of course, and we all know that you can go on those sites and find tons of copyright infringing copies of copyright...
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Youtube and Copyright Law If you go on Youtube and look up any mainstream musician you can think of, you’re probably going to find hundreds of videos posted by fans, providing not only their popular,...
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