Fact #1- The "Fair Use" part of the US Copyright Law says that in most cases you can allow your students to use copyrighted material such as songs, photos, and other media as long as the finished product is not going to be reproduced and distributed. Fact #2- In real life (outside the classroom) doing the same thing is illegal and a violation of copyright law punishable by fines and/or jail time. Because of the latter I always recommend that teachers give their students...

Successful website copywriting is very different than traditional copywriting. Based on what actually works best --and does not work-- from writing dozens of websites for our clients, here are our Top 10 website copywriting secrets. If you apply them, your website will be a major marketing success for your business and its bottom line. 1 What?s in it for me? Why should I believe you? What do you want me to do and why should I? Answer these questions immediately. The...

What is a copyright? Can everything be copyrighted? A copyright is the expression of an idea. The idea itself is not copyrighted. Ideas can be patented and I will talk about patents later. Let's consider the example of a story: a poor man who found lots of cash on his way back to his home from his work. He decided to keep the cash to improve his financial situation. But he could not sleep at night because he was haunted by strange voices that told him to find the owner and...

I hear many people stating that we should not worry so much about protection and focus on our customers. Documents will be misused and that's that...you can't do anything about it! Those saying this must not have much to lose or risk by this type of thinking. Or they have never really had their information stolen, distributed or otherwise exploited in a manner beyond their control... at least not to any large degree. Because once it happens to you - once you see your fi...

The following Q&A's have been provided to help you better understand Intellectual Property Law. Q. I am in the retail clothing business and bought some stock from a number of manufacturers. Subsequently I was approached by solicitors from a designer accusing me of infringing copyright as I was selling her designs. What should I do in the circumstances? A. There are a number of things but the first one is to retain an intellectual property lawyer to deal with this copy...

With more than 17 million people in the US suffering from diabetes symptoms, the need for effective treatment is becoming ever greater. This article provides some diabetes treatment tips and the natural herbs and vitamins you need to control your diabetes.

Free copyright music is often mistaken with free public domain music or music in which the copyright has expired. A copyright is in place for the lifetime of the author plus 70 years. If more than one songwriter has authored the music, then the copyright will be in effect for 70 years after the death of the last surviving contributor. This copyright law was created to ensure that the heirs of the songwriter would also benefit from the royalties after the music's writer or...

As you?re creating something, you may wonder what copyright infringement actually is. It?s necessary, if you?re creating a work -- albeit written, musical, videos, software or some other form -- that you know the definition of copyright infringement. This issue is very complicated, and not very easily spelled out in plain English. Copyright infringement is defined by the jurisdiction -- the United States of America has different copyright laws than the United Kingdom, or A...