Copyright infringement is not easy to explain. While it may seem as simple as not using someone else’s work, it is not that easy. Thanks to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and many other organizations, we have the ability to use other people’s work – as long as we use it under Fair Use laws. So what does Fair Use has to do with copyright infringement, and how can you take advantage of it?

Fair Use Act allows us to use copyrighted work without paying any royalties. This includes the use of copyrighted works for educational or instructional use, criticism of the work, the definition of work, for reporting on work, teaching work (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship uses, and research. This is referred to in full in Section 107 of the Copyright Code (often called Fair Use) and is available for you to read at your local library.

copyright infringement in the day-to-day life

Sometimes, if you are writing an essay for work or school, or if you are creating a Power Point presentation, you need to use the work of someone who is already in copyright. So how do you use it without committing copyright infringement? All you have to do is ask – the worst they can say is no, right? But if they say no, there are several things in public that can help you to finish the project without having to commit copyright infringement.

What is the public domain, and how it relates to copyright infringement?

Material not copyrighted is considered in the public domain. You can not commit copyright infringement of works in the public domain. These works are the copyright has expired or is not copyrightable – such publications government, jokes, title, and ideas. Some writers (writers, musicians, artists and more) deliberately put their work in public, without getting copyright, by providing a collaboration with Creative Commons. Creative Commons allows people to create content to skip some or all, of copyright rights and put their work partly or fully in the public domain.

So, how do I make sure I’m not committing copyright infringement?

First of all, if you are going to use someone else’s material, you may want to check the public domain to see if anything is suitable for use, instead of trying to use someone else’s copyright. However, if you can not find something suitable (and you can not create something yourself), the next best thing (and only legal your course of action) is to find a piece that is in copyright, and contact the copyright holder.

When you contact the copyright holder, make sure you tell them what you want to use their work – whether it is for your blog, podcast, or report – and ask if you can use it. You may have to pay royalties or a reference in your piece or a combination of both. The author can also set many restrictions on when and how you can use their material. Follow all the instructions they give you, and you’ll be free and clear to use their work as you want.

When you have a license to use a copyrighted work, you need to make sure you stay within the agreed -upon goals. If you veer off their agreement, you can open yourself up for the copyright infringement lawsuit, which can be nasty, expensive and time consuming. If you are in doubt, before contacting the copyright holder, contact copyright lawyer to ensure that you are following the law – and protect yourself

QUESTION: If you hear a great new band, and then download ! song from MySpace, it is legal or not

ANSWER: The events of copyright infringement are not only limited by Kazaa, Morpheus, or any other file sharing peer to peer (P2P) services. If you download a song – no matter if you are on a website or MySpace page – and it’s not coming from the artist himself, you may want to think about applying it. Chances are, if it’s not coming from them, you can not have it – unless it’s under the Creative Commons License. Creative Commons gives exactly the ways you can use the permit – and often they are completely free and legal to download, so be sure to check if it is under CC license

QUESTION :. If I’m writing a paper or article, and I will quote another website, I

ANSWER 😕 First of all, did you know about the way you write or create something, you hold the copyright to it? Especially if you are writing it online – it’s very easy to track things on the Internet. So, if you’re writing a blog, all you have written (no matter good or bad) are recorded, thanks to archive.org, which allows you to view the latest versions of your web pages.

Sometimes we can use someone else’s work in our own, and think we are small and anonymous. That no one will notice that when you get it down – you are just “borrow” it. Before you start quoting any website – from CNN local neighborhood hardware store – you need to ask the person who has copyright if you can. Usually, they let you know if you possess them. It depends who you talk to, you’ll either have to pay royalties or Permission to republish. If you do not ask before you testify, you are starting the event of copyright infringement and you are opening yourself up for a lawsuit.