The Originality Standard for Literary Works Under U.S. Copyright Law

The Originality Standard for Literary Works under U.S. Copyright Law

Originality Requirements under U.S. and E.U. Copyright Law

Understanding how copyright law applies to software is essential to making informed decisions about how to develop and distribute code. The first step of this analysis is to consider whether the code in question is in fact copyrightable. This document discusses the requirements for software to be considered within the scope of copyright under U.S. law. Because open source and free software deve...

the uses of satire from literary and artistic works of others; a discussion copyright infringement

some satire works is based on the fun and humor with the work of others that have already been created. since it would lead to repudiation and change work is an example of copyright infringement. in accordance with article 6 bis, the author shall have the right to object to any distortion, mutilation or other modification of, or other derogatory action in relation to, the said work, which would...

Challenging search engines under copyright law: Part 1

I decided to be ambitious and call this column “Part 1.” The US Court of Appeals on the West Coast (CA 9) recently handed down an opinion (in Kelly v. Arriba Soft) broadly condemning as illegal what it termed “framing” and apparently condemning all hyperlinking as well. It turns out, though, that what the CA 9 called framing is actually just putting an image from someone’s Web page into a new b...

Revision of the Copyright Law

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