Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
BUSINESS
LAW I
SECTION 001
INTRODUCTION TO
CONTRACTS,
Copyrights
LIABILITY ISSUES &
INTELL.
TOPIC OUTLINE
I. Copyrights
A. Obtaining Copyrights
B. Copyright Infringement
C. Fair Use
Patent is functional
Copyright: creation, creative, ideas
2017 Daniel R. Cahoy
COPYRIGHTABLE SUBJECT MATTER
Original expressions
Expressions
Not ideas or facts
More than just a title
Not mathematical formulas or inventions
Someone wrote a song about pi
Maybe that is a copy in some way, substantially similar
No. you cant do that in the ideas of the song.
Original
Your own (but not necessarily distinct)
Very low standard!
Author is owner
But employees produce works-for-hire
Company is author
When you write sth for the company when u r employed by the company
Copyright Term
Term is life of the author + 70 years
95 years from publication for a work created for a company
Even if you copy sth that is so similar to the copy but didnt copy it
Identical on your own without seeing somebody elses own
It is not considered as infringement