... been grabbed, but usually for personal projects, by people who probably don’t grasp the way copyright works, and I’ve never seen a need to smack anyone with a legal hammer of doom. What’s staggering, though, is how a general disregard and ignorance for copyright is spreading throughout the commercial arena. We had the BBC nicking a Robert Llewellyn YouTube clip, ...

A source close to the British Labour Government has just given me reliable information about the most radical copyright proposal I've ever seen. An unelected official would have the power to do anything without Parliamentary oversight or debate, provided it was done in the name of protecting copyright.

... purity if we quote from a newspaper in our sermon or use brand names in our allusions to popular culture? How about if I read out the lyrics to a popular (or unpopular) song? What about if I hum the theme song to a TV show to make a point? Can anyone confirm this on the basis of Australian copyright law? I'm not interested in what you think should be the case but what legally is the case.

... not for lawyers or academics but for the rest of us who both create and use works covered by copyright. For a complete understanding beyond what is legal and illegal, the authors divide their book ... is yet to happen in Canada — it provides readers with the knowledge and the understanding of why copyright is just too important to be left to the backrooms of power without a full and open public ...

... in specific circumstances, such as doing work-for-hire, don't give away your copyright, not even temporarily. Inexperienced publishers sometimes ask for this, believing they need it to properly exploit ... a timeframe for the publisher to respond). Never sign a life-of-copyright contract that does not include such a clause. Yes, they exist; I've seen them. Also look for a clause requiring ...

... a certain predefined period after which the work is said to enter the public domain. Copyright is the right granted for the expression of the idea. Thus, it is different from a patent which is a far more strict right granted ... of his employment under the employer. Here the employer, not the employee, gets the ownership over the copyright work. In case the employer is working for a govt. agency or ...