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Colorado. I am wondering what are the legal issues royalty fees assoscaited with using quotes from musicians, politicians and other public figures on greeting cards or other merchandise and selling it commercially? How about if the quote is accompanied by a picture of that person? Thanks for any info!
Hello If I produce an anthology of quotations, each quotation being no more than, say, three sentences long, do I need copyright permission for each quotation? I'm in the United Kingdom, but I think I'm write in saying that intellectual property law is trans-national? Thanks. Jerry...
quit my job to start a competing businessI held a major position in a small business for many years, and designed and/or made most of the company's product. I quit to start a competing business. In what respects can I advertise my previous position? Can I name the old company, link to it, I assume I can't use their images of my work......
quit job, ex-employer pretending to be me via emailI recently quit a sales position with a medium size ($40M yr) company. This week I found out that two vendors who I work with have received emails from my old company that came from my old email address which is my first name initial followed by my last name. It appears that my ex boss is......
quick web domain questionWhat is the name of your state? Colorado Hello, I own hubbleprints.com. It seems I can sell stuff that is public domain as a few other sites are, but, can I sell prints with the web address hubbleprints.com? thanks for your time Nigel Edit: heh, my question does not make sense to me either. I......
Quick question: re: "Patent Pending"I know we can search patents issued on the web, does anyone know if there is a way to find out if a company who is claiming a "patent pending" has indeed filed for a patent?...
Quick question....What is the name of your state? Washington State My brothers in the t-shirt design and custom cup / mug design. He sows (with a machine) and bakes slogans (like screen printing) and phases on t-shirts and mugs for a living. He'd like to make a few t-shirts and mugs with the phase "got......
Quick question.What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania. I'm a 16 year old film maker. A friend of mine and I plan on making a film for a film festival coming up. We want to film at the local mall, due to the many people that will be there. Basically its us going up to them, and being very Christian......
Quick question regarding torrents.US, Michigan hello, I really had no idea where to post this so anyway. I was wondering if it is legal to link from my website to another site that is linking to an illegal music/movie torrent?...
Questions regarding copyrighted photosWhat is the name of your state? Ohio Am just out of school and starting a site for profit offering local businesses more exposure for them. My question is right now I have photos in the site that I have manipulated, changed color tones, distorted and changed as much as possible in Photoshop.......
questions re a CIP prosecutionWhat is the name of your state? California I filed a utility patent. I rec'd a first office response rejecting it on the grounds that it failed to comport to proper patent procedure. I agree. I filed a response to which examiner stated that I should file as a CIP. My questions are this: 1. If......
[Insurance Law] What is the name of your state? Texas My question is related to insurance claims. I live in a house I own, the insurance policy is in my brothers name and my name, but hes the primary person listed on the policy. I changed policies to another company and we didnt cancel the old policy. The new.........
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Individual Contract[BUSINESS & FINANCIAL & Corporate LAW] What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas I have a contract with a hospital to perform nuclear medicine procedures. It is a very simple contract. Basically , it states that I will get paid x amount for a 40 hour work week. The term of the contract is 11/20.07 to 11/20/08. I dont get.........
Need help with estate issues[Wills & Trusts] What is the name of your state KANSAS My grand-mother past away almost a year ago this month. She left my sister and I both $1,000 a piece in her will and everything else including her house went to our father. We were first told that we would get the money after the estate went through probate.........
Bogus Parking Ticket[Traffic Law] Hi, I received a parking ticket in the fall of 2000 at the University of N. Carolina while attending a girls basketball camp. The ticket was for $55. My daughter was injured while playing (possible fractured ankle)pulled our van to the front of the building to load her up. Came out 10 minutes.........
Dental Malpratice[Accidents & Personal Injury Law] What is the name of your state? LOUISIANA MY WIFE WENT TO HER DENTIST TO GET A ROOT CANAL. DURING THE PROCEDURE THEY TALKED ABOUT GETTING COSMETIC WORK DONE ON HER FRONT FOUR TEETH. BEFORE SHE GOT OUT OF THE CHAIR AND WITHOUT REMOVING THE NITROUS OXIDE SHE WAS RECEIVING HE BEGAN THE COSMETIC.........
Harrassment?[Additional Legal Subjects] I work in a large firm where there are over 75 employees. Recently, I found out that we do not have a Human Resource Department. Yet, there is constant abuse from our account controller. She is verbally abusive, but, mainly towards me. I have been working there 3 months. Recently, my supervisor.........
Statute of Limitations for Embezzlement in Texas[CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE] Can you plese tell me the statue of limitations on taking funds from a private company. My sister has been accussed of taking 250,000 from 11/93 to 6/01. No charges have been filed. Thank you......
Employer Canceled Insurance w/out Notifying Me[Insurance Law] CA - I was laid off on April 8, 2002. My husband, who was covered under my insurance policy, went to the doctor on April 11. On April 15, I received a call from the doctor's office stating that my insurance was canceled on April 1, which meant we'd be billed for that past office visit and my.........
Repossession Rights[BANKRUPTCY & CONSUMER CREDIT] 5 years ago I co-signed for a car loan for my ex-boyfriend in CT. The car was subsequently repossessed because he didn't make the payments. I was never notified of the repossession or received anything from the bank. Now, this loan is showing up twice on my credit report as "Charged.........
What is the name of your state? California After reading all about the RIAA suing individual people who downloaded music I've become interested in this issue. I was curious if the MPAA is taking similar action against downloading movies and burning copies of DVDs, either from friends or rentals.......
What is the name of your state? NY I am writing a book about gaming strategies. It will emcompass all types of games and I want to use specific examples like Halo maps and the weapons in it. Can I do this or do I need Microsoft's permission to mention their game and maps in it? I know that if......
What is the name of your state? Wisconsin When I was looking at a message on a gaming forum regarding links to sites for PDAs, I found two links that sound like they're related to East Asian culture (they have "chan" in their names). I went to them and found some strange sounding terms......
What is the name of your state? AZ I have a debate to do and I am having trouble coming up with a good arguement, I am on the no side. So far i am using Fair use, what do you guys think would be a good point for an arguement?...
What is the name of your state? CA I am an artist. I am hoping to get my children's story published. I have never tried to publish anything before, so I wasn't sure who to ask. I was wondering if it was alright for me to use the likeness of a house in my story. I took a photo of a victorian......
Hi, my name is Gary. I am a musician, i have three songs that i have wrote, and created all melody too. I basically done everything. I needed somebody to that has the equipment to do this. So, i hired this person with a studio to play the instuments and put music to them. I am paying him per hour......
What is the name of your state?- Tennessee I have a question that I wanted to run by people who know what they are talking about- Would it be legal to download episodes of TV shows (namely Seinfeld) onto my computer? I don't see how it is any different than recording to DVD off of the TV and......
What is the name of your state? New York Hi, my name is Nicholas and I am the owner for a company selling glass drinking boots. These boots were featured in the movie BeerFest. In Germany they are extremely popular and have been around for 100 years. There are two techniques used in order to......
Hi, I live in IL and sell an ebook on the internet. It is copyright. But some yahoo has copied it. some word for word but some in his own words. I am really angry and he has copied all the methods. He sells it as another book under his own name. He is not reproducing mine. He has a totally......
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY Hi, I have a few questions about protecting my copyrighted material in a joint venture project on a website. The owner of the site wants me to be an online instructor in the field we work in, whereby I produce downloadable and video tutorials......