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A copyright cannot be granted to a non-citizen whose country has not been acknowledged as in a reciprocal copyright arrangement with the United States by a formal presidential proclamation. Because the non-citizen is not granted a copyright, they cannot assign a copyright for a work to a citizen of a country with American copyright privileges.
Violation of the copyright holder's exclusive rights can trigger civil, or possibly criminal, penalties. Statutory interpretations of criminal liability provisions have historically been more narrowly construed than those assigning civil penalties.
Reproduction of the sounds of musical instruments playing music for which copyright granted not a violation of the copyright. Bobbs-Merrill Co v. Straus: 210 U.S. 339: 1908 No license to use copyrighted material. License cannot extend holder's rights beyond statute defined by Congress. Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell: 229 U.S. 1: 1913
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and; An electronic or physical signature (which may be a scanned copy) of the copyright owner. A complaint can be submitted by: Sending a letter to our registered copyright agent.
Freedom of information – opposition to copyright law in general; Sometimes only partial compliance with license agreements is the cause. For example, in 2013, the United States Army settled a lawsuit with Texas-based company Apptricity which makes software that allows the army to track their soldiers in real time. In 2004, the US Army paid ...
Nautilus then filed their second amended complaint on February 8, 2023, alleging 5th and 14th Amendment violations of Nautilus' constitutional rights, additional copyright violations, and claiming that North Carolina's "Blackbeard's Law" represents a Bill of Attainder. [112] [113]
In Lasercomb America, Inc. v Reynolds, [7] the Fourth Circuit became the first appellate court to uphold a copyright misuse defence as analogous to the patent misuse defence. In this case, Lasercomb had sued Reynolds for making unauthorised copies of its die-making software, which was subject to copyright protection.
For example, sharing clips from news articles or movies for purposes of commentary or critique is considered fair use, as is publishing parodies of copyrighted works.