| The First Sale Doctrine |
| A copyright owner's right of distribution is limited by the first sale doctrine, which is an exception to the Copyright Act. The first sale doctrine is a legal principle that limits the rights to control content after a work has been sold for the first time. The first sale doctrine states that once a copyright owner sells a copy of his or her work to another, the copyright owner relinquishes all further rights to sell or otherwise dispose of that copy. More... |
| Expert Testimony in Trademark Infringement Actions |
| There are standards that must be met for admissibility of expert testimony in trademark infringement actions. Experts may have their methods challenged before they take the stand. Expert testimony may be excluded as speculative and unreliable if an expert's methods are not based on sufficient facts or data, are not reliable, or are not applied reliably to the facts of the case.More... |
| Theater, movies, music and fine art |
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| Exclusive Rights in Copyright |
| The Copyright Act grants five exclusive rights to the owner of an original work. Together these rights comprise the bundle of rights known as copyright. These exclusive rights are different from the rights given to a person who merely owns a copy of the work. The fact that a particular use of a copyrighted work is said to implicate one or more of the rights does not necessarily mean that such use is an infringement or unlawful. The exclusive rights of a copyright owner include the following:More... |
| The No Electronic Theft Act of 1997 |
| Although United States copyright laws originally contained no criminal liability provisions, the 1897 revision to the Copyright Act made it a misdemeanor to unlawfully perform dramatic or musical works for profit. In later revisions of the Copyright Act, similar sections were added for the infringement of other types of copyrightable works. Although leaving unchanged the one-year imprisonment penalty established in 1897, the Copyright Act of 1976 increased the monetary penalty for copyright infringement from $1,000 to $10,000. Infringement of musical recording and motion pictures was subject to a penalty of $25,000, and repeat offenders could be fined $50,000.More... |
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