Copyright Conundrums Pillows

"I own 60% of your image rights. Which means you have to pay me ten quid every time you look in the mirror."

"Did you remember to back up the last 4.5 billion years?"

The New Fundamentals of Art: 'We'll begin with the most basic figure, the trademark attorney...'

Is plagiarism the same as value adding?

"'C' is for free CONTENT!"

Intellectual Property

'No, copyright does not mean you have the right to copy it.'

'But your honor, imitation is the sincerest form of copyright infringement.'

"I have always depended on the content of strangers."

Copyright and copyleft

"Can you sign this copy I downloaded off the internet?"

"I didn't plagiarize. My muse must have."

"No, Henry, don't do it ... we own the intellectual content!"

"I'm not taking any chances."

Hands off my IP

ACCOUNTANT-IN-RESIDENCE: "John, we're going to have to cut back on the cadmiums."

Music Piracy

SOPA supporters regroup.

"Then it's unanimous - we all reject the 'culture of free.'"

"Oh yes, apparently this one is a copyright symbol."

'It's too late to copyright 'Have a nice day.''

'This guy is recording our singing, but I can't see us getting royalties any time soon...'

Think Tank: Not responsible for lost or stolen intellectual property.

Tutankhamun's Legal Hieroglyphics

'Please return my book report after you grade my work. I like to retain all the rights to my intellectual property.'

Bird drawing copyright symbols on her eggs

Intellectual Property Thief

"Is it copyright violation if I plagiarize a plagiarized song?"

"I miss infringing U.S. copyright law."

"This was an advanced civilization. I see a little copyright symbol."

The Artist Share of the Golden Goose Internet

'You, me, them...these days we're all someone's intellectual property.'

'Ollie, it's me! Some rich guy repeated one of my cockamamy tales and I sued him for intellectual property theft.'