I've heard that you can use ten seconds of a sound recording (i.e. from a popular song) without infringing on copyright law, is this true and if so where can i find the specific of the law.

What is the copyright law exactly? Can I copy anything (without making a profit) as long as I give credit? Do I need written permission? What does "fair use" entail? Thanks, Josh

If a newsvideo wants to use a portion of a recorded work to help illustrate a story, like a snowman song for a snowy day, what is the copyright law? Can the news organization use a sample from a recorded work, or must they have written permission of the copyright owner? News is produced daily and there is no time to go through a lengthy copyright approval process. That is why this is an important question. Please answer this if you know the answer. Don't fudge it. Nobody signs contracts with record labels to use songs; they take out an ASCAP license.

In other types of copyright-protected materials, we enforce the copyright law in various ways, which includes not allowing reproduction of the materials involved. However, users of fonts and typeface must use them to publish something. In other words, they will make copies of the copyrighted thing, but that is pefectly OK. Then how do we protect copyright on fonts and typefaces?

Hello, i've bought several hard copies of the NIV bible translation (which is copyrighted). I was wondering what the U.S Copyright law has to say about me getting the digital copy. I can pay for it ($40) but i would perfer not to considering I have copies of it already. I'd like some copyright citations to support your answers please or I won't have a definite answered question! Thank you guys and hope to get a answer!!

I see people selling altered art of vintage photographs all the time and I am confused about the copyright law on this type of thing. I have some photos of vintage women from old magazines I have from 1900 and I want to incorporate these images into my own art. What about actual vintage photographs that you can buy at antique stores? How can those fall under copyright law?

My keyboard has different rhythms that came installed on it, like drum beats and instrumental music. What is the copyright law on using these rhythms in a video? Am I legally allowed to put them in as the music track in a video?

How and when was the copyright law created, and if you can, who created it?

I thought I had an original idea for a piece of up cycled furniture, after creating a collection of the furniture I started to sell it. I found later that someone had either copied my idea completely or had it before me. Either way, the idea is not original now.... What are the laws relation to the copyright of an upcycled or recycled product? If you see an upcycled or recycled design can you reproduce it and sell it without breaking the law?

How do bloggers avoid copyright infringement if they take a republished image found on albums such as Pinterest? How can they give credit where it's due? How can they follow copyright law?

What if someone performs copyrighted music out on the street with no intention of accepting money, and says it is for a worship service? Does this still infringe copyright law?

I want background music for my videos, but I don't want to break copyright law on YouTube. I would be willing to make my own music by computer software if there is one.

In a published work, when referencing a registered trademark name ( such as Microsoft Excel(r) ), do you have to put the "(r)" after EVERY mention of the word? Say you mention this same program 50 times throughout your publication, would you have to put the (r) mark after each instance?? Someone told me you only need it the first time, but I can't find any "law" either way. Thanks

What is the difference between contrast plagiarism and copyright law violations?

I'm studying copyright law for a class right now and I'm confused as to why jukeboxes aren't subject to said law. Does anyone know why?

I was planing on making a sequel to an anime using many of the characters of the original, (and using an idea the creator of the original had if there could of been a sequel?) ...But, I just don't know if that's legal, if it becomes very successful. I would like to know more about the copyright law, also.

If the photographer owns the copyright to those images, but is dead, will I be infringing copyright law by making a reproduction of one of the images from my own wedding?

Does the us copyright law, affect outside websites, that are based in countries like Hong Kong, Netherlands, etc? As far as I know, any type of the Copyright law, or the DMCA, does not reach outside US Borders in a court of law. A friend and I were arguing over this the other day.

May I use Wikipedia content in my blog without violating the copyright law? How can I do that? Explain in details please.

Specifically, if I take a book from 1880 (obviously in the public domain), scan it, convert it to PDF, and sell it on Ebay as a PDF, do I have any rights under copyright law that could deter someone from buying that pdf from me and turning right around and selling it themselves? Put more abstractly, if a text is in the public domain and my only contribution to it is to digitize it from an old book into a pdf or other format, can the result be copyrighted?