What's Copyright Infringement?

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• published: 02 Feb 2016
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What's Copyright Infringement? - This is a preview lesson from my course, “Copyright Easily Explained” ► Enroll in the course for FREE here: https://www.udemy.com/copyright Ensuring that your work is copyrighted is essential. But what happens when your copyright is breached? Copyright infringement happens when someone copies or uses a work without the copyright owner's permission. Infringement is the same as stealing physical property. To be infringing, the infringer's work need not be identical. The standard for infringement is whether the work is "substantially similar" to the original work. "Substantially similar" means that an average person looking at the two works would recognize that the work was copied from the other. We won’t go more in depth about copyright infringement but just remember that for it to be considered copyright infringement, the work has to be “substantially similar” to the original work. By reproducing, republishing or redistributing the work of a copyright holder without permission, you may be violating or infringing on the original copyright owner’s rights. If the copyright holder has registered the work with the U.S. Copyright Office prior to the infringement, the copyright holder can sue for compensation. Court-ordered compensation can include damages such as lost profits from the infringing activity or legal damages from $250 to $150,000, plus attorney's fees, for each infringing copy. Keep in mind that even higher damages can be awarded if the court feels that the infringement was committed "willfully." You may also be criminally liable if you willfully copy a work for profit or financial gain, or if the copied work has a value of more than $1,000. In these cases, penalties can include a one-year jail sentence plus fines. If the value is more than $2,500, you may be sentenced to five years in jail plus fines. Criminal penalties generally apply to large-scale commercial piracy. In summary, copyright infringement can be a serious issue, especially if you’ve done it willfully. So if you ever face a copyright infringement notice, make sure to remove the content right away and if it’s serious, talk to an intellectual property lawyer who will help you with your case. Sign up and find out for yourself why so many people are taking and recommending my courses! Essential Online Business Courses: http://www.mollaeilaw.com/courses Like me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mollaeilaw Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mollaeilaw Read my blog: http://www.mollaeilaw.com/blog Email: Sam@MollaeiLaw.com Phone: (818) 925-0002 Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more videos to help you start and grow your business: http://www.youtube.com/c/Mollaeilaw ► Enroll in the course for FREE here: https://www.udemy.com/copyright

What's Copyright Infringement?

• Report rights infringement
• published: 02 Feb 2016
• views: 819

What's Copyright Infringement? - This is a preview lesson from my course, “Copyright Easily Explained” ► Enroll in the course for FREE here: https://www.udemy.com/copyright Ensuring that your work is copyrighted is essential. But what happens when your copyright is breached? Copyright infringement happens when someone copies or uses a work without the copyright owner's permission. Infringement is the same as stealing physical property. To be infringing, the infringer's work need not be identical. The standard for infringement is whether the work is "substantially similar" to the original work. "Substantially similar" means that an average person looking at the two works would recognize that the work was copied from the other. We won’t go more in depth about copyright infringement but just remember that for it to be considered copyright infringement, the work has to be “substantially similar” to the original work. By reproducing, republishing or redistributing the work of a copyright holder without permission, you may be violating or infringing on the original copyright owner’s rights. If the copyright holder has registered the work with the U.S. Copyright Office prior to the infringement, the copyright holder can sue for compensation. Court-ordered compensation can include damages such as lost profits from the infringing activity or legal damages from $250 to $150,000, plus attorney's fees, for each infringing copy. Keep in mind that even higher damages can be awarded if the court feels that the infringement was committed "willfully." You may also be criminally liable if you willfully copy a work for profit or financial gain, or if the copied work has a value of more than $1,000. In these cases, penalties can include a one-year jail sentence plus fines. If the value is more than $2,500, you may be sentenced to five years in jail plus fines. Criminal penalties generally apply to large-scale commercial piracy. In summary, copyright infringement can be a serious issue, especially if you’ve done it willfully. So if you ever face a copyright infringement notice, make sure to remove the content right away and if it’s serious, talk to an intellectual property lawyer who will help you with your case. Sign up and find out for yourself why so many people are taking and recommending my courses! Essential Online Business Courses: http://www.mollaeilaw.com/courses Like me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mollaeilaw Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mollaeilaw Read my blog: http://www.mollaeilaw.com/blog Email: Sam@MollaeiLaw.com Phone: (818) 925-0002 Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more videos to help you start and grow your business: http://www.youtube.com/c/Mollaeilaw ► Enroll in the course for FREE here: https://www.udemy.com/copyright