Copyright Questions

What is the legality of using logos such as Batman or JLS on or in products? If I make a t-shirt Iron on Transfer, with the batman logo or some other logo on it, and sell it, is that legal?

Legal Copyright

asked Aug 31 '11 at 00:08

Just Anil
108 points

My partner and I are having a dispute. I wanted to know who owns the code in a company with one technical cofounder (me) who has written the entire code. I was the one who came up the idea and...

Co-Founder Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Aug 19 '11 at 03:03

Kap
6 points

I've been working for a company as a contractor for several months. While working for this company, I created some seriously sensitive IP. This is IP that is nigh on patentable. My employment with...

Software Employees Copyright Intellectual Property NDA

asked Aug 26 '11 at 21:13

John
11 points

Ok, noob licensing question. First of all I bought some art off someone and got semi stung when I learnt that I couldn't do what I wanted to do with the produced art, I did not own the rights to it...

Copyright

asked Aug 3 '11 at 19:23

Tom
480 points

I am planning for a website startup, in which i use the data added by the people which is accessible to every other user. Now i want to make sure that the data that has been entered by a particular...

Website Copyright

asked Jul 22 '11 at 23:11

Kraken
133 points

I know I should have sorted this out prior to having it done but it didn't cross my mind and I'm not sure what my legal rights are. I approached a freelance artist to draw an image for my website,...

Software Copyright

asked Jul 27 '11 at 21:02

Tom
480 points

Intellectual property is a subject that has far reaching implications for your business. There are several different types of intellectual property that every business deals with. They include:...

Patent Copyright Intellectual Property Trademark Canon

asked Jul 27 '11 at 22:24

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

What's the deal if you are: The only technical person on your start up / and or the one doing programming. Haven't made a penny 'on-the-books' in terms of your startup Is the code you write on...

Co-Founder Development Technical Copyright Copywriting

asked Jul 21 '11 at 03:59

User9968
229 points

I work on a website that is backed by a database with a lot of product information. Much of this information is user generated. I would like to know if there are any copyright issues around...

Copyright

asked Jul 22 '11 at 07:32

Josh Cutler
21 points

Is my own made website automatically copyrighted or do I have to register it some where? For example if someone copies my content how can I claim it it was myself? How can I open a case ?

Copyright

asked Jul 3 '11 at 09:04

Monster Mmorpg
121 points

I would like to start a website where people can discuss whatever they please. They will be allowed to upload images of the topic they're talking about. For example, a user writes a review on the...

Website Copyright

asked Jun 19 '11 at 05:13

Jo Jo
148 points

I am developing a user generated content site right now and its almost finished so I have been researching a bit on what I need to do legally. I know its going to take a lot of hard work and time...

Legal Website Copyright Terms And Conditions

asked Jun 19 '11 at 09:25

Leo
71 points

I learnt today that if an author assigns copyright of his book to a publisher for a fee, the net revenue is taxed as income, not as capital gains. On the other hand, one would normally think...

UK Tax Copyright Intellectual Property Capital Gains

asked May 11 '11 at 02:15

Paperjam
394 points

I'm about to place a site I've built live and looking at registering a domain name. Is there anything I need to worry about in picking a name? If my domain name is a misspelling of another domain...

Legal Copyright Domain

asked May 4 '11 at 13:08

Xiaohouzi79
1,257 points

Im currently working on a channel on Yt which does album reviews and I've gone from just speaking to do it in person on webcam and I am hoping at some point to go for a Yt partnership as I've...

Legal Video Copyright Partnerships Music

asked May 3 '11 at 11:12

Keepinitcore
8 points

I built an electronic version of a popular board game. I got some good responses on avoiding legal issues, but I went ahead and built it anyway, keeping it private for obvious reasons. Everyone who...

License Legal Copyright Trademark Web App

asked Apr 23 '11 at 22:49

Pate
306 points

I was thinking of creating an Android game/app that plays a soundtrack from a movie, and prompts you to guess what movie it is from. My question is: what are the legal ramifications of an app like...

Legal Copyright Music Android

asked Apr 13 '11 at 01:38

Ephraim
121 points

I have recently learned how to do constraint processing and I figured out how to generate sudoku puzzles. I thought it would be interesting/fun to create an interactive website for these puzzles. I...

Legal Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Apr 8 '11 at 12:39

Jbranchaud
168 points

This question is related to one of my earlier posts about the ability to copyright sudokus. I have written a program that generates sudokus and I want to make a website with these sudokus. It seems...

Legal Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Apr 9 '11 at 01:19

Jbranchaud
168 points

I am involved as a cofounder in a tech/software company. My associate is bringing initial funding and is conversant with finance/accounting, facilities/infrastructure and general organizational...

Strategy Patent Business Copyright

asked Mar 3 '11 at 12:41

Aaron Smothers
56 points