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The Fundamental Principle Under United States Copyright Law

 
  • Who Shall Own The Copyright In A Book Publishing Agreement?
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  • The Independent Subcontractor Agreement
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  • The Permission Form
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  • Giving Up Your Rights
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  • The Need For Vision
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  • The Notice and Take Down Provisions of the DMCA
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  • The Need For A Written Web Design Contract
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  • The Transfer of Rights in a Web Design Contract
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  • Work Made for Hire Agreements
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  • Playboy and the Work Made for Hire Agreement
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  • Derivative Rights and Web Sites
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  • Dignity For Designers
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  • The California Long-Arm Statute
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  • Taking Over A Web Design Project
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  • Copyright Infringement-Some Issues
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  • The Use of Music On A Multimedia Web Site
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  • Who Owns the Copyright In Your Web Site?
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  • The Web Site Audit Check List
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  • Owned and Controlled Licenses
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  • Private Laws
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  • Rights to Use Photographs
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  • Domain Name Disputes-An Update
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  • The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
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  • Look and Feel Protection for Web Sites
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  • Verifiable Parental Consent Under COPPA
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  •  "Standard" Contracts
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  • Disclaimers
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  • Are You A "Service Provider?"
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  • Keywords, Meta Tags and Trademarks
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  • Linking and Crawling Issues
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  • Database Copyright Protection (Or The Lack Thereof)
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  • Copyright Transfers
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  • Electronic Rights: The Supreme Court's "Tasini" Ruling 
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  • Online Advertising and Affiliate Agreements
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  • Online Liability Insurance
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  • Licensing
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  • Exit Strategies
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  • A Legal Nightmare: The Unwritten License
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  • Using Domains As Leverage To Collect A Debt
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  • The Right to Transfer Copyright Licenses
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  • The Validity of Online "Contracts" 
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  • Work Made For Hire Agreements: Further Issues
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  • Mere Facts vs.  Protected Expression of Facts
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  • Consultants' Liabilities
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  • Precise Contract Language
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  • The Letter of Intent
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  • Scenes A Faire Under Copyright Law
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  • Copyright in Compilations
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  • A Legal Nightmare: The Unwritten License: Further Issues
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  • The California Anti-Spam Law
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  • Copyright Infringement: Further Issues
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  • Defamation On The Internet
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  • Are You The Provider of An "Interactive Computer Service?"
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  • The Federal Can Spam Law
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  • Joint Authors Under the Copyright Law
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  • Respect For The Law
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  • Working Without A Signed Agreement
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  • “Best Efforts” Clauses
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  • Precise Contract Language--Again
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  • California's P2P Law
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  • Advertising Injury Provisions in Liability Insurance Policies
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  • Mandatory Privacy Policies
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  • Web Design and Hosting Combinations: Cautionary Tales
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  • The Need For Written Agreements
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  • If You Own, Operate or Host An Interactive Web Site...
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  • "Bad" Contracts: Leverage Follows The Money
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  • Derivative vs. Collective Works
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    Articles About Fair Use Under the Copyright Law
  • Fair Use
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  • Napster and Fair Use
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  • Fair Use: Further, Further Issues
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  • Fair Use: Further Issues
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  • The Seinfeld and The Wind Done Gone Cases: Studies in Fair Use
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  • "Beanie Babies" Collector's Guide: Another Study in Fair Use
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  • Screen Shot Liability for Computer Book Authors
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  • Fair Use-Even More Issues
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  • Fair Use: Unpublished Works
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  • Fair Use And Derivative Works
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  • Fair Use: Music Sampling
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  • Fair Use: Even More Issues: Follow Up
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