It doesn’t take any formalities to authorize someone to use your copyrighted work. Whether we call it a “license,” “permission,” “a grant of rights” or something else, this step is often taken very ...

On Monday GitHub launched a site called ChooseALicense.com for anyone whose legal knowledge about software licensing is a little rusty. Or, you know, nonexistent. It’s meant to be a resource for ...

A federal appeals court has overruled a lower court ruling that, if sustained, would have severely hampered the enforceability of free software licenses. The lower court had found that redistributing ...

The current wave of copyright litigation continues to highlight the complexities of copyright ownership, as apparent infringers defend claims on the simple basis that the plaintiff doesn't own or ...

“The Office proposes this adjustment to make copyright owners whole for any distributions the MLC made based on an erroneous understanding and application of ...

A copyright is an ownership interest in a creative work that gives the owner exclusive rights to use the work. A small business interested in using an image or a piece of music in its advertising, for ...

In two very recent cases, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Federal Circuit both have delved into the sometimes-murky world of implied copyright licenses, which can arise ...

All software developers should add a copyright license. Why? Because open source licensing is all about granting permission in advance If you want your code to be open source, it needs an OSI-approved ...

“What is the point in obtaining a copyright in software? Not much, if Google can copy 11,500 lines of your code and it can still be a fair use. Copyrights just don ...

In the U.S., as in most countries, images are protected by copyright law and international copyright agreements. As the U.S. Copyright Office describes it, every ...