Rule of the Law

.” The holder of a copyright owns the particular expression of an idea, but not the underlying idea or method of operation.”Copyrights and permits are both things I think are very important.  No one like people taking credit for your own work! “If Congress disagrees with a judicial interpretation of a statute, the legislators may pass a new statute to modify or “undo” the court decision. For example, if the Supreme Court misinterprets a statute about musical copyrights, Congress may pass a new law correcting the Court's error.”The author or the creator of the work usually owns the copyright. However, if an employee created the work as part of a job, the employer automatically holds the copyright. Minors can copyright their works, but state laws often control how they can market them. Whenever you’re naming your business it is always important you have a valid trademark so that you can avoid any copyright infringements.” A trademark is any combination of words and symbols that a business uses to identify its products or services and distinguish them from others. Trademarks are important to both consumers and businesses.” Under some circumstances, trademark protection can extend beyond words, symbols, and phrases to include other aspects of a product, such as its color or its packaging. However, such features will not be protected if they confer any sort of functional or competitive advantage.” The Trademark Law Treaty simplifies and harmonizes the process of applying for trademarks around the world. Now, a U.S. firm seeking international trademark protection need file only one application, in English, with the PTO, which sends the application to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which transmits it to each country in which the applicant would like trademark protection.” Trademarks make it easier for consumers to quickly identify the source of a given good. Instead of reading the fine print on a can of cola, consumers can look for the Coca-Cola trademark. Instead of asking a store clerk who made a certain athletic shoe, consumers can look for particular identifying symbols, such as a swoosh or a unique pattern of stripes.” People who feel that Nike shoes fit their feet best can rely on the Nike trademark to know they are buying the shoes they want. A business with a high-quality product can use a trademark to develop a loyal base of customers who are able to distinguish its product from another.” Trademarks always tend to catch people’s eyes other than other unknown brands. It’s always good to have your work protected especially when it comes to film since its cost so much to produce. “One of the major challenges for legal institutions in regulating copyrights is simply that modern intellectual property is so easy to copy. Many consumers are in the habit of violating the law by downloading copyrighted material—music, movies and books—for free. They seem to believe that if it is easy to steal something, then the theft is somehow acceptable. In one survey of adolescents aged 12 to 17, 75 percent agreed with the statement, “file sharing is so easy to do, it's unrealistic to expect people not to do it.”One must always be very careful with copy right make sure that they are not taking other people things. It’s always important that when filming you makes sure you don’t make any brand look bad by accident, or on purpose that can be considered defamatory. “The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech, a vital freedom that enables us to protect other rights. But that freedom is not absolute. The law of defamation concerns false statements that harm someone's reputation. Defamatory statements can be written or spoken. Written defamation is called libel. Suppose a newspaper accuses a local retail store of programming its cash registers to overcharge customers, when the store has never done so. That is libel. Oral defamation is slander. If Professor Wilson, in class, refers to Sally Student as a drug dealer when she has never sold drugs, he has slandered her.”