Pornosquatting - Domain Name Theft Nightmare

One of the more common issues relates to pornosquatting. In its simplest form, pornosquatting occurs when your trademark is used as part of a domain name for a website containing pornographic material. Regardless, pornography alone may not be enough to show bad faith.

10 Qualities a Criminal Defense Lawyer Should Posses

In the legal world one aspect is more serious than others, criminal cases. In these cases the burden on the shoulder of the criminal lawyer is immense as he is the one who will ensure that the accused will get just treatment as per the law.

Internet Content Theft Hurts Honest Online Article Authors

How bad is content theft on the Internet these days? Well it is pretty bad and although it has not reached epic proportions yet it seems to have a very unfortunate hyperbolic trend line there. As an online article author I often notice people stealing my work and then I see it on the Internet somewhere without any mention or credit for it.

Nation's First National Computer Forensics Institute will be Located in Alabama

Governor Bob Riley officially announced that the nation's first National Computer Forensics Institute will be located in Hoover, Alabama.

Utilizing Legal Aid Online Services

With the advent of the Internet, a whole new way of handling legal issues and getting legal advice has come into being. Today, it is possible to obtain legal aid online, in several different forms. Here are some examples.

Keeping Out Of Trouble With Websites

It is easier to get in trouble with a website than you might think. What follows, then, are a few tips to help keep your website clear of problems. A word of caution - the law is changing in this area, and the specific facts of each case make a huge difference.

Apple and Microsoft Have Teamed Up

They are currently violating what we here in the US call Freedom of Speech. Have you heard of Digital Rights Management or DRM for short? What you don't know is that we no longer have control of the music we pay for!

Think You Understand Copyright? Think Again!

If you are producing written, audio, film,video or other recorded intellectual property, it's essential to know how to protect your legal rights through copyright. However, even some of the most basic points of the protection offered by the copyright symbol are often unknown or misunderstood. Read this article to be sure you understand the basics accurately.

Copyright Transfer or License - How You Can Share Your Copyright and Still Keep It

You can transfer the copyright to an image, either by selling it or giving it away. If so, you give up all rights that you had in the image as if you never took the photograph. But the only way to give up a copyright to an image is in writing. Even when copies of a photo are distributed, the photographer retains the copyrights to the image. If you give your client copies of the digital files, without more, you are not giving up your copyrights.

Lessons Learned - Register Your Copyright Before You Go To Court

Copyrights are created at the click of the shutter. But to enforce your rights in court for infringement claims, you must first register your copyright before you bring suit in federal court. Period. It doesn't matter when the infringement is committed or the registration is completed, you still must register before filing suit.

Honoring the Copyrights of Composers, Too

Many photographers use music to enhance their photography. But since music is a work protected by copyright law, make sure that you honor the copyright of the composer, too.

Joint Copyright Issues - When You Work With Someone Else

In general, when the shutter on a camera is tripped to make a photo, the photographer who pressed the button owns the copyright. But photographers often work with others when making their photographs, such as the art director, stylist, assistant or even the Photoshop editor. So does that person get to share with the photographer the copyright of the photograph? Be careful, or you may have to share the rights to that photo!

Copyright Notice - Not Required But Helpful

You’ll often see a copyright “notice” – the familiar © or the word “copyright” with a date and name of the copyright owner - posted on works of authorship. This copyright notice is no longer required for copyright protection, but it may be a good idea to use it.

Music Copyright

Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of your country to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works.