{"id":1047,"date":"2024-02-19T22:41:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onellp.com\/?page_id=1047"},"modified":"2024-03-06T19:58:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T19:58:25","slug":"copyright-infringement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onellp.com\/copyright-infringement\/","title":{"rendered":"Copyright Infringement"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”5%” bottom_padding=”5%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][image_with_animation image_url=”1048″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Copyright protects many forms of creative expression, from visual works, to\u00a0music<\/a>, to architectural works, to source code and software, to literary works and sculptures. Individuals, artists, musicians, and small businesses all create copyrighted material regularly. All need to protect their copyrighted works as much as possible, but at the same time avoid infringing others\u2019 copyrighted works. For small businesses with employees creating work product this is especially sensitive and important, both from a defensive and offensive perspective.<\/p>\n

Pursuing those who infringe copyright for our clients and helping our clients avoid copyright infringement are the twin aims of our copyright lawyers. Many of our clients have valuable, creative works that are infringed, and need recourse to the legal system to protect their rights.\u00a0The Copyright Act<\/a>\u00a0provides a full range of remedies, form actual damages to statutory damages of varying amounts depending upon the nature of the infringement, to attorney\u2019s fees and injunctive relief. Not all remedies are automatically available, however, and so we counsel clients regularly on how to protect their creative works in a legally proper manner to avail themselves of all the Copyright Act remedies.<\/p>\n

In the internet realm, copyright infringement is rampant because of the ease by which people can reproduce others\u2019 works and create new works based upon others\u2019 works. Modern internet businesses raise myriad complex copyright issues under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (\u201cDMCA\u201d). Under the DMCA, certain businesses may face a safe harbor of copyright immunity for the acts of their users depending upon the circumstances. By the same token, modern internet businesses may face liability and lose the copyright safe harbor\u2014and thus face liability for the copyright infringements that occur on their website\u2014depending upon the circumstances. Our lawyers have litigated the DMCA and its contours extensively and so can prosecute or defend actions that address the scope of the DMCA. We have also counseled numerous clients through the thorny minefield of fair use issues in the digital age and the challenges posed by such recent legislation as the DMCA.<\/p>\n

In the copyright arena, our lawyers have represented numerous clients in high profile cases that have tested the boundaries of copyright law, from the clash between intellectual property rights and First Amendment interests, the scope of fair use rights on the internet, and the application of foreign copyright law in American courts to the limits of the work-for-hire doctrine, the exercise of copyright termination rights and the boundaries of the first sale doctrine. Our clients include major Hollywood studios, producers, screenwriters, artists, architects, musicians, computer programmers, publishers and photography agencies. At the same time, we have advised some of the largest companies on complex copyright issues, companies such as Yahoo and Core Logic.<\/p>\n

Some of our more notable copyright litigation experience includes:<\/p>\n