Under the Copyright Act, a compilation is a "work formed by the collection and assembling of preexisting materials or of data that are selected, coordinated, or arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an original...
copyright law
compulsory license
Compulsory license is a statutorily created license that allows the use of copyrighted materials without the explicit permission of the copyright owner. In exchange, a royalty is paid to the copyright holder. In cases of copyright concerning...
computer and internet fraud
Computer and internet fraud entails the criminal use of a computer or the Internet and can take many different forms. While some argue that “hacking” is a neutral term (see United States v. Thompson (2022)) illegal hacking is when a...
Computer Maintenance Competition Assurance Act
Title III of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Computer Maintenance Competition Assurance Act, broadened Section 117 of the Copyright Act to allow third-party maintenance organizations to used software licensed to a computer’s owner or lessee...
contributory infringement
Overview
Contributory infringement is a form of secondary liability for direct infringement of a patent, copyright, or trademark. It is a means by which a person may be held liable for infringement even though they did not actually engage in...
copy
A copy means an imitation or reproduction or duplicate of an original. Some common usesof the term “copy” in a legal sense include:
In the context of copyright law, cases such as this one from the Ninth Circuit, explain that “copy” for...copyright
Copyright is the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something.
Overview - U.S. Copyright ActThe U.S. Copyright Act, (codified at 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 - 810), is federal...
copyright and patent power
Copyright and patent powers refers to the federal government’s ability under Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution to create and control a federal copyright and patent system. Under this clause, Congress may "promote the Progress...
copyright notice
Copyright notice is a legal form of notice to inform users of the copyright ownership of published works of the basic requirements.
The function of the copyright notice is to let the public know that the work is copyrighted...
Copyright Office
The Copyright Office serves as the main administrator of copyrights in the United States; organized as a department of the Library of Congress. Individuals who create a work eligible for a copyright can automatically be legally protected from...