Questions generally regarding rights of distribution and attribution of intellectual property.
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How do you prove a computer-generated work was independently generated by you?
This question is related to one of my earlier posts about the ability to copyright sudokus. I have written a program that generates sudokus and I want to make a website with these sudokus. It seems ...
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Copyright/IP of sudokus
I have recently learned how to do constraint processing and I figured out how to generate sudoku puzzles. I thought it would be interesting/fun to create an interactive website for these puzzles. I ...
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Is invisible watermarking artwork worth it?
I'm thinking of creating a web service that is heavily based on unique artwork (pictures, maybe short animations).
Does it make sense to watermark them invisibly? Will watermarking help me in court ...
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How to collect data for new web site
I am about to start a question/answers site related to different topics. I have data collected from downloads/online article/people etc.
But i am not sure
Is it legal to extract question/small ...
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Can I copyright or otherwise protect a business vision/strategy?
I am involved as a cofounder in a tech/software company. My associate is bringing initial funding and is conversant with finance/accounting, facilities/infrastructure and general organizational ...
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Copyright of web sites
If I wanted to make a website similar to an existing one, how do I know that I'm not breaking its copyright?
For example, how do I find this out for a website such as Facebook?
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How to Copyright a Marketing Idea
I have a few marketing idea that I have done some research on and have not been able to find other people who have done them. Since I am not in any businesses that could use the idea I wanted to sell ...
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Creating software based on a book is copyright infringement?
I'm creating a software that's based on the teachings of a book. I want to name it after the book. Will there be a copyright infringement problem although they are in two different categories?
If ...
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What is my legal responsibility when allowing users to either transfer online images to my server, or creating hotlinks to online images?
My web-app allows users to add images to their profile, either by uploading from their computer or providing a URL to the image. When a URL is provided, the user would choose between the following two ...
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Proposal Copyright?
When submitting a proposal to a public RFP do you add a "Copyright. All Rights Reserved"? Would this confuse the organization requesting the proposal? Is this common practice?
My thought is that ...
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Does someone violate copyright laws when quoting song lyrics?
I know there are tons of sites out there that list song lyrics that are surrounded with advertisements and pop up ads. I don't imagine the song writers had this in mind when they were writing their ...
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New Android App
So we are creating a new Android App. We'll have a name for it, and a logo, and the specific functionality of the app is something that hasn't been done before (we searched). The app is going to be ...
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Is it ok to aggregate headlines and republish them?
I have an idea for a web app that will target to a specific audience and will collect news and blog articles, analyze them (for keywords, trending topics and more) and then display the article ...
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How to minimize risk of software copyright infringement claims
I had a software developer create a software program, which I copyrighted and then assigned to a software company (and LLC) that I co-founded. I plan to sell the program to the general public.
Then ...
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Approach competitor before marketing new software program?
I set up a company and had a software developer create a new software program for the company. I thought that the idea for the software was novel, and before developing the software, I did some ...
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Legal implications of cloning a board game
I want to build an electronic version of an existing popular board game that will use the same game mechanic and follow similar rules, but without requiring a physical board to play or any of the ...
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Legal Issues Building a GMail like Application?
I'm building a product which I hope to sell as Software as a Service. I've been working on designs of interfaces and have landed in something pretty similar to GMail interface. I think my app is ...
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Copyright Issues With Creating “Social Search Engine”
I want to create a "social search engine" website. The idea is for people to search for jobs (or articles, or recipes -- I am necessarily targeting jobs), and be able to view them on my site, comment ...
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Site/Training turned out to be with the same name as a book?
I set up a website and training with the name “The Art of Making Friends”
I am also thinking of selling DVD under the same name.
It turned out that it has the same as a book (not mine of course): ...
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New Website - Protecting It
We're starting up a new website. We already have the domain registered and we are going to begin development ASAP. We are going to hire someone to put together a logo for us as well as a front end ...
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Creating a QA site - Becoming a lot like SE
I wanted to create a new website that was a Question and Answer site in a specific niche (one that SE is not in right now). My problem is that the more I design and create the website, the closer it ...
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160 views
How do you get a copyright on your web pages?
If I were to release a web app what is the procedure to procuring a copyright on it?
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Should I move forward with my idea if it is similar to someone else's?
I have two ideas for websites that basically take the same idea as some other site, but make that idea better. Kinda like Myspace being plowed by Facebook. I had the ideas on my own, but then I did ...
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Using the name wiki in my domain name ? Legal ? Copyright problems?
I would like to use the word wiki in my domain name, such as fastbikiwiki.com
Is this legal or because of wikipedia, it would be a copyright issue using wiki in my domain name ?
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Build an online dictionary by combining several printed dictionaries. Is it legal?
I intend to build an online application for defining the meaning of words, synonyms, etc. in a certain language.
This information will come from a combination of printed dictionaries. I'm almost ...
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Software Licensing/Copy Protection - DIY or Buy?
As an ISV/software publisher, would you produce your own licensing/copy protection solution, or would you buy into a professional solution?
Which route would you choose and why?
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Should one register their LLC/S-Corp, copyright & file their trademark before launching their web app?
I am currently in the process of developing a web application. So I am wondering if I should
register my LLC (or S-Corp)
register the app copyright
file the app trademark (as well as company ...
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What can you do when someone blatantly plagiarizes an entire blog post?
It's nice when folks quote parts of your post with a link back. It's another thing when the entire RSS entry is duplicated verbatim, including my "Retweet" buttons and the "Please leave a comment" ...
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What is required for an idea(website) to be eligible for copyright?
Is a prototype considered a business that can be owned and protected?
instead of having nothing to offer(an idea) I'd have a business to offer so I can hire people
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Protection from Followers & Copy Cats
My new company will revolutionize an industry and merge few others, its all about market 'POSITIONING'. My product is media. I will certainly have many followers asap.
How do I protect my unique ...
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Is it legal to copy a user interface?
Is it a copyright infringement to copy a user interface? I'm not talking about the specific graphics, but the layout and the way users interact with the application.
For example, Blippy's UI seems ...
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Can you modify code under the MIT Open Source licence?
I'm considering building an community over Pinax. The out-of-the-box functionality covers maybe 60% of what we need to do. We're more than happy to debug and support the base code set but need to keep ...
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How to get license rights for copyrighted images/themes?
How do I go about licensing material for use on t-shirts? For example, pac-man on a shirt. What is a typical licensing arrangement fee structure? If the company you are looking to license an image ...
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Is it legal to display album art and artist images on my website?
I'm working on a music review website and I was wondering what the legality was of displaying album art and artist images on the site. Do I need permission from the labels/artists?
