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  • Can you get in trouble for copyright infringement?

    Willful copyright infringement can result in criminal penalties including imprisonment of up to five years and fines of up to $250,000 per offense.
    Copyright infringement can also result in civil judgments..

  • Do I have to say I don't own the rights to this music?

    Is it necessary to disclose that I don't have ownership of the music? Simply saying “I don't own the rights to this music” does not make it legal to use copyrighted music without permission or proper licensing..

  • How different does something have to be to avoid copyright infringement?

    The notion is that, even if the created work is still 70% the work of another artist, that minor alteration is all it takes to free you from the risk of copyright infringement litigation.
    This notion is false.
    There is no such thing as the 30% rule in copyright law..

Can a copyright infringement occur if a royalty is paid?

Compulsory licensing laws generally say that for certain uses of certain works, no infringement occurs as long as a royalty, at a rate determined by law rather than private negotiation, is paid to the copyright owner or representative copyright collective.
Some fair dealing laws, such as:

  • Canada's
  • include :
  • similar royalty requirements.
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    Is theft a copyright infringement?

    The slogan "Piracy is theft" was used beginning in the 1980s, and is still being used. In copyright law, infringement does not refer to theft of physical objects that take away the owner's possession, but an instance where a person exercises one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder without authorization.

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    Is “no copyright infringement intended” a legal infringement?

    This is definitely copyright infringement, and by broadcasting that he or she was at least aware of the risk, writing “No Copyright Infringement Intended” may come across appearing more like blatantly flying in the face of the law, and actually lead to increased damages in a lawsuit.


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