Copyright Aid

Would you please provide some cases as references? Thank you!

What is the scope of musical works? Can the sound of drums with rhythm be protected by copyright as musical works or other kinds of works? I ask this because the sound of drums has no tunes like the music played by piano. For the sound of drums, it consists of beats with rhythm.

Just like this ...

I purchased the license of using images from a stock image website long ago and the proof and account cannot be found now. Recently the copyright holder file a copyright notice to me and claim the copyright. In this case, if the website where I purchased the images cannot provide the proof and ...

When we judge whether a fair dealing is true or not, does it make differences the which kind of organizations used the materials? For example, if the copyrighted material is fairly used in a news report, does the news report have to be published by the government or the organizations founded by the ...

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I found a website licensing images under CC BY-NC-ND license.

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/use-this-image/?email=&form=cc&mkey=mw00028&x=75&y=11
There are three licenses on the web: Professional, Academic, and Creative Commons. In this case, if I want to use this image in the ...

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I noticed that recently section 30 is changed. It seems that with the new terms, it will be easier to become "fair dealing".
Copyright in a work is not infringed by the use of a quotation from the work (whether for criticism or review or otherwise) provided that—
(a)the work has been made ...

I'd like to quote some clips (only pictures without the music) from Quo Vadis ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-noLDS8SGo )

I'm kind of confused about the copyright owner. The provider on Youtube is Warner Bros while the copyright information on the movie saying it's copyrighted by MGM. I ...

I want to use the footage of the atomic bomb explosion in this gif: http://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/nuclear-explosion-animated-gif-1.gif
I also found it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgi7WgB05Jo&feature=youtu.be&t=350
But hardly know how to know the copyright holder and ...

I am just wondering if a faithful reproduction of a painting in public domain can be copyrighted in UK, like a photo of Mona Lisa？

It's an interesting question and I have the same confusion.

As far as I know, according to the clause 29 Research and private study
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/29
(1)Fair dealing with a F2... work for the purposes of research for a non-commercial purpose does not infringe ...

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So based the discussion above, I understand that if I incorporate an image to a video (or a modified image to a video), I don't to release the whole video under CC BY SA license. But only the image itself or the modified image itself will be under SA license. In this case, if I incorporate ...

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There is a situation like this:

https://haliepark.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/test-for-inserting-image-link/
In this condition, the image is still on the original server and I just copy and paste the link. But others can directly see the image from my website. Based on your answer ...

I have some questions about sharing the link to the web address and image address:
The rights cover; broadcast and public performance, copying, adapting, issuing, renting and lending copies to the public.

I am wondering is it legal to copy the link to a website and make it public, like this ...

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I have some questions regarding Creative Commons Share Like license.
The license said:
If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

ShareAlike.
In addition to the conditions in Section 3(a), if You ...

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I come across some questions about sound effect recording. What kind of sound can be recorded as a sound effect and used in a movie without copyright infringement?

Such as:
Siren of cars;
Announcing stations in underground;
Cries of sellers in the streets;
Special sound effect of unlocking ...