Budget but Beware Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that was started in order to increase the number of creative works that are available for others to reuse and share. It is a subset of copyright that replaces the usual “all rights reserved” mindset of standard copyright with “some rights reserved”. The Creative Commons licenses […]
Budget but Beware Public domain works are not covered by copyright. They are owned by the public, and are available to be used and remixed into new works. However, you need to be careful about making completely sure that the material is in the public domain before using it. Also be cautious about works with
Film IP Issues Each of us is a copyright owner. And each of us uses content or media that was created by another copyright owner. Technically, just by fixing an original work in a tangible form, such as a photograph, drawing, or piece of music, we have copyright. You can’t copyright a fact or an
Film IP Issues “I just want to make a little independent film. Why do I need to know about intellectual property rights? Who cares about copyright, trademark, and right of publicity? I’m to small for anyone to notice me.” Sorry, friend. That’s really not going to be true. Once you put your creation out into
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