Are these examples of copyright infringement in Canada and the United States?

1. A musician (with or without record label) decides to cover another musician’s song (be it famous musician or underground/independent, with or without record label) and then post’s it on the internet or plays it at a public area without their permission, for money.

2. A musician (with or without record label) decides to cover another musician’s song (be it famous musician or underground/independent, with or without record label) and then post’s it on the internet or plays it at a public area without their permission, NOT for money.

3. A student takes a photo off of the internet for an art class assignment (secondary education and lower) and then replicates it, manipulates it, etc, etc.

4. Playing songs off a musicians record at, let’s say, a school dance.

Is adobe CS4 software sold on a macbook pro legitimate?

I am in the market for a macbook pro and the Adobe CS4 software and have found on Ebay that you can buy the computer with the software preloaded for a really good price. I’m wondering if this is typical and whether I can trust that this software is a licensed copy (so I can update later). Has anybody done this?

Accelerate Software License Revenue Recognition

By: Cris Wendt

Software license revenue recognition is the one accounting process that piques the interest of most executives in software

There is phone tapping software that allows you to tap someones phone. Should it be legal?

Not only can they listen on your phones but can see your texts and pictures. And even when your not on the phone, your phone is next to you (even if its off) they can listen to your conversations. Parents use this software on there kids without there permission. Here something you probalbly don’t know: phone tapping is legal only if you have written permission from the person your tapping. So your parents are breaking federal laws if there are doing it. So should this be legal?

Can I use somebody else’s legal contract without copyright infringement?

I have an online classified website and need a terms of service and privacy policy. Is it illegal for me to take another site’s contracts (like Craigslist) and use it as my contract as long as I take out “Craigslist” and put it my company name?

I’ve spoken to a couple of lawyers and they told me that I could do this and that there was nothing I could be sued for because there aren’t copyrights on legal documents. Is this true?

I have a company and want to sell another company’s software. What type of agreement do I need?

I basically have a company in an industry that is crying for a particular type of software, and I found a company that is very poorly marketed yet has the product in need.

I want to make some sort of licensing agreement to market the software via our channels & website. What do I need to do?

Is it legal to download a trial version of a piece of software twice?

I was wondering if it’s legal to download the trial version of a piece of software, not buy that version, and then download the trial version of that software a version later. Also, does it change if you’re buying it to use it instead of to consider buying it?

Is it copyright infringement if i make a purse out of magazine pages that I purchased and sell it.?

I noticed online there are a lot of places that people are using magazine covers to make purses, are there copyright laws or is it ok since the magazine was purchased and it’s not a reproduciton of it.

Why do computer graphics studios use licensed renderers and software?

There are free renderers such as POV-Ray that are very competitive, so why do the commercial software companies still use products such as Mental Ray, Renderman, Final Render, etc? If they didn’t these companies wouldn’t exist. So what make using a commercial program better than an opensource/freeware one?

Is Nero converter a safe and legal software to use?

How can I file a lawsuit against someone for plagarism/copyright infringement?

I wrote a piece of literature and gave it to someone online for feedback. I gave it to her because she is also writer and doesn’t know me personally (therefore she won’t just “try to be nice”.) She hasn’t responded for weeks.
The literature is not published, however it IS copyrighted and registered with the Library of Congress. The person who has it knows that, but I’m still not sure. Am I just being paranoid? I just want to be prepared in case someone tries to steal my work.

what do software licences restrice/allow?

I am interested in the different licence types available and i would really appreciate it if for each type listed, can you please explain what the licence allows or restricts
Freeware,
shareware,
site licence,
per seat licence,
proprietary licence,
general public licence (gpl),
licence-free software

thanks in advance