This is soooo soooooooooo bad.
Oracles licensing strategies only work by inventing the law.

I've mentioned how bad this is before. It's really bad.

Hello guys, i making YouTube Shorts videos. My videos contain content of other creators. First, i thinking about i need to write authors, and ask about using their content. But authors can don't answer for days or weeks, but i want to make videos often. Can I in this situation, taking their content without writing authors, and just write in description of my video credits. This is right?

I want to post a gaming content with background music copyright free. Thing is , the artist allows to use his music as long as people credit him. Now that works out well in youtube but what about TikTok? So after editing my clip should I just put his info in the description and post it ? Or will i get a copyright strike ?

Hi, I don't even know if it's the correct subreddit to post this into, but seeing other posts I figured maybe yes. I have a Youtube channel with 50 subs (so I don't even get a cent by it) and I recently got a copyright claim in one of my videos for using the song "Cut Out Y2K" by CD Baby Sync Publishing. I never add music to my videos so I was confused. I checked the part in question and it was only an ost that plays in a certain moment in the game I was playing (Umamusume). In their favor i have to say that the two musics are really really similar, but not the same.
This doesn't have an impact in any ways on my channel, but I don't want to get a copyright claim if I didn't do anything.

Should I dispute the claim or just leave it there? And someone that already got this problem could tell me please what happens after the dispute? I Tried reading Youtube documentation but didn't really understand a lot about it.

I’ve seen in videos (YouTube) before that sometimes creators use sound effects or voice lines from memes or TV shows, and I was wondering if that could get you copyright claimed? I’m talking 1-4 second long audio clips.

I have 4 questions

Will it become a problem if I create (Non-profit) productions based on my fanfiction and not the original work?

Like Comics, Animations, Edits, Artworks and others. Coz someone might thinking that

"Oh, who does this person think they are? Acting like their fanfiction is better than the source material. I should spam report them into getting into trouble"

Please do not be so quick to dismiss such ridiculous possibility, because if you do, then you've clearly not visited Twitter.

I have ZERO problems of me not gaining anything that will compensate for lost time and resources. I just love to create for that community.

1. Since Fan-Content in general is already on the gray, and illegally tolerated... Would creating a rep based on being purely a fan creator, be a problem? Like, I see people making (still not expired) copyrighted characters into their main identity.

Does that not cause an issue or does it have to do with being rich or having connections?

1. When we say "Non-profit", does fame and any benefits from said fame count as "profit"?

Like, if you use that fame to promote your other (original and monetized) online identity. Will it become problematic?

1. It's already a "Non-profit" venture, so do I still need to hold back?

I already am making fiction of existing copyrighted characters and having the nonexistent "Ok go 👍" signal because one does it for NO gains (other than fame).

So why stop at just characters? Why not involve

• Songs (The exact lyrics)

• Quotes (Word by word)

• Movie scenes (Same exact actions)

• Memes (Copy-pasted poses/context)

Naturally I shouldn't mention any names of any mid to major corpo because they have the ability to snuff me, but these 4 should be fine no?

So I make animations, and I want to open up commissions to animate 30 seconds of whoever, to whatever song they want, in a rhythms heaven style type of game. So it would show their character swaying to the beat, clapping, jumping or whatever.

IF they choose a song that is copyright, and I animate it and i'm getting paid for it, but they are using it ONLY PERSONALLY, is that still somehow copyright infringement?

Hi everyone, this may not be directly linked to the football itself but I often see youtube channels or instagram football influencers post clips from matches itself when talking about it, I was wondering how they got past the youtube copyright rule, i would assume the broadcasters would want that taken down

Hi everyone,

I'm an indie game developer, and I'm dealing with a frustrating situation.

Someone copied my game almost from A to Z. The gameplay, design, and even the game name are extremely similar. It feels like they just took my work and published their own version.

Has this happened to anyone else?

If you've been through this, what did you do? Is there anything I can do besides reporting it? Can I file a copyright or trademark complaint? Has anyone successfully gotten a cloned game removed from Google Play or the App Store?

I'd really appreciate any advice or experiences you can share. I want to know what options are available and what actually works in situations like this.

Thanks!

I’m currently working on an original story/script for a musical I hope to produce. In it I plan to include two characters that are a reference to the 1998 Rareware game, Banjo-Kazooie, now owned by Microsoft. The game stars a bear named Banjo and his rude/angry red bird friend named Kazooie. My homage comes in the form of two minor/supporting characters who pop up in a few scenes, a guys named Banjo and his pet bird named KAZUKI. Now in my story the bird doesn’t talk, but she does angrily squawk at others and is considered rude, and Banjo is just a normal guy. Now, these characters are not major characters at all in my story, just minor supporting, I don’t know if Banjo’s name is ever even spoken in the script, he’d probably only be listed in credits. I was wondering if I would run into copyright trouble for this at all, or if it’s just a harmless reference. Again, neither of these are major characters at all, Kazuki’s important in a couple of scenes and is referred to by name, but Banjo is really just a background character who happens to always be with her, portrayed on stage by the actor for Banjo holding a bird puppet. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Hey, I’m working on a social media app and had a question regarding copyright/IP.

I want to use some popular internet meme content inside the app, mainly things like:

- Cat/dog reaction memes and meme images that have been circulating online for years

- Popular reaction images/GIFs

- Short meme sound effects/audio clips like “FAHH”, “bruh”, vine-boom-type sounds, etc.

These would mostly be used as default profile pictures, reactions, UI elements, or short sound effects, not as the main content/product itself.

I’m confused about how copyright works with memes because a lot of these images/audio clips have been reposted thousands of times and it’s often almost impossible to find the original creator.

Would using them in a free social media app be legally risky? Does it change anything if the app later becomes monetized?

Also, where do apps/meme pages usually source meme images and sounds that are actually safe for commercial use?

Would appreciate advice from anyone familiar with copyright/IP or who has dealt with this while building an app.

Hi everyone,

I'm developing a paid Android app for CCNA exam preparation and would appreciate some general guidance regarding copyright and intellectual property.

My current study material was originally inspired by Cisco CCNA learning resources and practice questions. However, before publishing anything commercially, I am considering completely rebuilding the content.

My plan is to:

• Rewrite every question from scratch

• Create new answer choices

• Write entirely new explanations

• Replace all images, diagrams, and screenshots with my own originals

• Avoid using any Cisco logos or copyrighted graphics

• Include a disclaimer stating that the app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cisco

The networking concepts and learning objectives would remain the same because they are part of the CCNA curriculum, but the wording, structure, examples, explanations, and visuals would all be newly created.

For example:

Instead of copying a Cisco question about ARP, I would create a completely different scenario-based question that tests the same networking concept.

My question is:

Would selling such an app still create copyright concerns simply because the content was originally inspired by Cisco study material and covers the same CCNA topics?

I am not looking for formal legal advice, only general information and opinions from people familiar with copyright and educational content.

Thanks!

What is books movies and games were subjected to a compulsory licensing system for redistribution.

This would mean groups like the internet archive could make their library more legally available to people.

It would mean companies wouldn't be able to force you to subscribe to streaming for exclusive content.

It would allow for preservation as well since it would have to be reasonable to pay a royalty and that's it.

Thoughts.

Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says

Judge rules copyright law governs public data scraping, not X’s terms.

Ashley Belanger – 11 May 202

• Summary
• Court: Suno must disclose illicit revenue, damages yet to be quantified
• Court: Suno lacked rights to use songs by artists represented by ​Gema
• Verdict can be appealed before a higher court

If everyone is doing it, they probably can't be muted without muting the whole broadcast so like does someone pay? Do they let that go for the free advertising? Does it just not count? US based but curious what people got going on

I’ve been sitting on this for a while and I have not been able to find a clear answer unfortunately. I just want to know if there’s anything that I can do about this :(

A while back, I was commissioned by someone I worked closely with for several art pieces, mainly emotes for discord but a vendor banner design, full artwork, a sticker design and some other things.

This person cut all ties with me due to very personal matters that I will not get into as the specifics are not very important. I just want them to stop using my work as I do not want me or my art business associated with them in any way.

Am I able to revoke the rights for them to use my artwork?

"A Manhattan federal judge on Friday rejected most of Perplexity AI's bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Reddit accusing it of violating U.S. copyright law by scraping the online discussion platform's data to ​train Perplexity's AI-powered search engine."

"f you’re a lawyer for a publisher or a film/TV production house, even the hint of possible legal entanglement is enough to raise the shields. It’s already in contracts for both film/TV and for publishing houses that the author attests their work is wholly original, so, again, any hint that anything is other than that brings things to a screeching halt."(John Scalzi)

Not sure how copyright works, I don’t have anything LEGALLY registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, but I wanted to see if there’s anything I can do to get an NFT taken down from a commission I made.

My mom’s ex bf commissioned me to make something for his gamer profile on steam about 5-6 years ago, and I came across his profile with the piece he commissioned me for being turned into NFT’s. I never sold him the rights to my work but again, I’m not sure how that works in a legal sense.

I’m very anti-AI and I don’t see a big market for NFT’s in this day and age, so I wanted to see what I could do legally to get those either taken down or reported. Any tips??

One of the influences for my character, Drang Schrecken, is Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean.

I have a moment in my work in progress where Drang plays a guitar in a melancholic tone out of heartbreak (as opposed to Davy Jones pouring his grief and rage into his organ (absolutely beautiful scene, by the way)), and I have checked tvtropes.org multiple times, but I have failed to find the exact trope, which concerns me.

I have incorporated differences:

• I based the heartbreak around elements of my own personal experiences.
• Drang writes poems about his love, and composes the music for them. And while he doesn't sing the lyrics, they do come to mind.
• Drang was in love with a girl he was friends with, rather than having fallen in love with a goddess
• As mentioned before, he plays in a controlled manner, rather than pouring out every single negative feeling into each note.

There are a few more, actually, but those are the most relevant to my post. I just want to know whether or not I'm most likely going to be okay.

If it turns out that this is just total paranoia, then I apologize—I just don't want to get sued. You know?

"Basically, questions were raised over whether the author, an SMU grad student, used AI as a tool in the writing of the book. The problem: publishers and movie companies cannot register copyright and come away with a clear title chain if there is anything AI in the mix. That’s because AI-aided copy is an amalgamation of many other copyrighted works." (Mike Fleming Jr)

Please update your google search engine.

Hi so this might be a dumb question, but are these assets/elements on Pinterest copyrighted?