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Does Copyright Notice Protect a Website?

Dear Rich IP Blog

Dear Rich: Does putting "Copyright 2023" at the bottom of page pages protect it from site visitors who download an image or narrative content? Placing a copyright notice on your website is like sticking a "Keep off the grass" sign on your front lawn. Include a method for contacting you if someone wants to license content.

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach. Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work.

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Public Domain of The Living Dead

IPilogue

Today, copyright notices are no longer required thanks to the Copyright Act of 1976 (US); sadly for Romero though, the act does not extend protections to his 1968 film. Due to the oversight, anyone could copy and distribute the film for free. It also allowed non-affiliated remakes and sequels to follow.

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

LexBlog IP

Further, only a modicum, or small amount, of creativity is required for copyright protection to attach. Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work.

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Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility

SpicyIP

Printed copies, adaptations or publications with new material would only widen the dissemination of these works. If local publishers are not charged hefty royalties or licensing fees, they can make these books available at cheaper prices and reduce their distribution costs. vii), Balbharati Copyright Policy].

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The United States Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on AI: A Quick Take

Velocity of Content

Significant amounts of content are available through licenses, including open licenses such as CC BY and CC BY-NC. When acting unlawfully, AI developers receive materials from pirate sites, through downloading in violation of express terms and flags, and from so-called “shadow libraries,” among other things. 529 F.Supp.3d

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Prutton admitted to copying and said that his adult daughter had helped him with his website. (A Both agreed to this move, and as part of that, dropped the removal of copyright information claim. We also get the declaration of his daughter, Mariana Prutton, who is a licensed marriage and therapy counselor in California.