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The Copyright Act gives the owner of copyrighted material the right to control its duplication and distribution . -
John Hughes is a partner at Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP's San Francisco office. His practice focuses upon trademark and copyright law for both domestic and foreign clients. Jennifer M. Rich is an associate at Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP's San Francisco office. Her practice includes trademark and copyright counseling, prosecution, technology licensing, and litigation. They spoke to Jim Twu at FindLaw about the recently introduced Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004. -
A recent decision by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals raises the question of who is the author of a computer program when a programmer writes code under the supervision of another person to carry out that person's design to modify pre-existing software. -
Since "open source" software has become increasingly popular among mainstream corporate information technology departments, users should decide whether the risks of using such software outweigh its benefits. It may be less expensive to pay for commercial software to be protected from the risk of IP liability by the license. -
There has been an attempt in the last few years to reverse some of the territorial creep of copyright law that has occurred in recent decades. These challenges have sought to undo copyright term extensions, increase the purview of fair use exceptions, and, in the cases discussed below, to constrict Congress's ability to expand copyright protections by use of First Amendment arguments. -
Currently on the Supreme Court's docket is the case of Eldred v. Ashcroft, which challenges the constitutionality of the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. -
At the moment of creation and fixation of its work, a domestic copyright owner has exclusive worldwide rights to it. -
On December 1, 1990, President Bush signed into law the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, which w. -
There are several reasons why registration of a copyright is desirable and advantageous. -
This publication explains the difference between fair use of a copyright and infringement.