When you discover an unauthorized use of your work on a website, there are often two separate but related steps you can take. RightsClick is designed to help you do both and to help you keep track of these actions in your already busy schedule. First, it is essential to understand the difference between theContinue reading “Taking Action: DMCA Takedown & Responding to the Infringer of Your Work”
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Understanding Limit of Claim in Copyright Registration
When you submit an application to register your work, the Copyright Office asks you to state what you authored and also to “limit” your claim by noting elements of the work that are either someone else’s authorship, or even your own prior authorship. While that can be confusing, it’s actually not too hard. Claiming copyrightContinue reading “Understanding Limit of Claim in Copyright Registration”
Tepp to Speak on NY Times v. OpenAI
On Tuesday, March 12 at Noon EDT, RightsClick co-founder Steve Tepp will join a panel discussing the copyright case NY Times v. OpenAI. The Times alleges copyright infringement by parent company Microsoft and its OpenAI subsidiary, which operates the ChatGPT generative AI platform. Like many authors and other creators, the Times is suing for theContinue reading “Tepp to Speak on NY Times v. OpenAI”
Why Retain the Copyright Rights if You’re Not Going to Register?
Many, if not most, creators who work for clients typically retain the copyright rights in their work. Commercial photographers and illustrators, for instance, use standard written agreements affirming that they retain the rights to the images and then lay out the terms by which the client(s) may use the works. Naturally, some clients will insist,Continue reading “Why Retain the Copyright Rights if You’re Not Going to Register?”
DIY Copyright Registration is a Good Idea
Any attorney will tell creative professionals to register their work the U.S. Copyright Office because without timely registration, taking enforcement action against an infringement is either hindered or impossible. Some creators register on their own, and others have attorneys do it for them. But the truth is that it’s better (and cheaper!) to do itContinue reading “DIY Copyright Registration is a Good Idea“