I hate being locked in as a KDP author; plus I have had much of
my clearly copyrighted work stolen from India over the last 20 years online.
Not exact matches
Nevertheless, it's always best to get a written agreement with an editor that
clearly states that you, the author of the original
work, own all
copyright in all editing
work.
In addition to criticisms of the quality of e-books being self published, meanwhile, there have also been complaints about an increase in e-book «spam» in the Amazon Kindle store, including books that are
clearly just cobbled together from bits and pieces of public domain titles or even
copyrighted works (Reuters reported recently that there are DVD instruction manuals that tell users how to write and publish dozens of e-books a day without having to write anything).
It is
clearly a
copyright infringement to duplicate and publicly display your unauthorized copies of their artwork, unless your
work is exempt as a parody, or the like.
The Nintendo decision
clearly recognizes that TPM's are critical for the protection of
copyrighted works in the digital age and for promoting innovation.
The end result of the extension of
copyright in this case is
clearly a beneficial one, but may result in authors assigning their
works in the hope of receiving similar treatment.
The Canadian Parliament amended the Canadian
Copyright Act in 1988 to expressly include computer software programs in the definition of literary work, which clearly confirmed that software is entitled to copyright pr
Copyright Act in 1988 to expressly include computer software programs in the definition of literary
work, which
clearly confirmed that software is entitled to
copyright pr
copyright protection.
Factor two (the nature of the
copyrighted work) will probably go against you: audiovisual
works like broadcasts tend to be
clearly protectable.
There aren't bright line rules in the area of fair use (which is the core issue - you are
clearly copying a
work that has
copyright protected portions, at least - the question is whether fair use provides a defense and whether some portions are not
copyright protected).
This
work may be copied, distributed, and transmitted freely, as long as the
work is (a)
clearly attributed to the
copyright holders, (b) not used for commercial purposes, and (c) not altered, transformed, or augmented.