Copyright Law Nerd Mugs

"It's a scan of a digital image of a photo of a painting of a sculpture of an impersonator of a forger -- want a copy?"

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

Privacy

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

Beware of the Legislation

Copyright and copyleft

A throng runs out the courthouse to follow a car that is driving away decorated with a sign that reads "Just Acquitted".

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

Hands off my IP

'I'm feeling down, too - Why don't we pass some feel-good legislation?'

'We'd better patent this, so the homo sapiens can't steal it from us, like they did with the fire.'

Your country needs YOUR personal data!

Music Piracy

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

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

SOPA supporters regroup.

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

Big Brother

'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...'

Your friends at the FCC

Tutankhamun's Legal Hieroglyphics

Computer questionning a witness.

Bird drawing copyright symbols on her eggs

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

"Do you want a democracy where every vote counts or where we count every vote?"

SCOTUS

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

Hands off my IP!

'Where are our royalties?'

'Illegal copy of the Olympic tower? It's just a pile of junk, mate!'