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A blog about copyrighted content: how protection starts, how to enforce it, and a public register of who owns which marks.
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What a valid DMCA notice contains
A takedown notice missing one of six elements can be ignored by the host. Here are the six, with wording that works.
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Fair use, factor by factor
US courts weigh four factors, and none of them decides a case alone. The 2023 Warhol ruling changed how the first one reads.
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Your logo is two kinds of property
Copyright protects the drawing. A trademark protects what the drawing tells customers. They last for different periods and fail in different ways.
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What entered the public domain in 2026
On 1 January, US copyright expired for works published in 1930. In life-plus-70 countries, work by authors who died in 1955 became free.
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Licensing your work without giving it away
An exclusive licence needs a signed writing. A non-exclusive one can be a sentence in an email. The difference decides who can sue.
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Why we publish a rights register
One public page per company: legal entity, trademark numbers, copyright registrations and the person who handles notices.
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Every record has a number.
Each company in the register gets one page with its legal entity, trademark numbers, copyright registrations and the contact who receives notices. 0 records and 0 trademarks so far.
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