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How To Protect Photos You Post Online

How to protect photos you post online may be both simpler and more difficult than you realize. Are you one of those people snapping photos all the time with your phone, or perhaps a camera or tablet? Although you may think your images are amateur and simply family or travel images, you still have rights...

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Instagram and Copyright — What Are the Terms of Use?

Instagram and copyright make strange bedfellows. Instagram is all about images. And legally using images is a major issue when it comes to social media. Here are some things you should think about when using Instagram: Are you posting your own images on Instagram? If so, what use and re-use can others make of your...

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U.S. vs Canadian Copyright Law: Which Has Stronger Copyright Protection?

When it comes to the question "U.S. vs Canadian copyright law: which has stronger copyright protection?" the answer requires a historical examination of each country's copyright laws (legislative policy, cultural differences, court cases and copyright statutes). In this article, our comparison focuses on various sections in the U.S. and Canadian copyright acts. Berne Copyright Convention...

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8 Steps to Copyright Compliance

Copyright compliance is a core value of all types of businesses. This post sets out eight things you can do for copyright compliance. All organizations and businesses need to carefully monitor how they legally use the content of others (third-party content), and how they mitigate their copyright infringement risks. How to Ensure Copyright Compliance in 8 Steps...

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Sharing and Republishing Online Content: 6 Tips for Copyright Compliance

Sharing and republishing online content is something we all do, but how many of us think about copyright law, permissions and licensing before sharing and republishing content? If it's your own content, then you can tweet and post on Snapchat or Facebook without worrying about copyright law. If it's someone else's content, though, then you...

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10 Essential Copyright Compliance Tips Every Information Professional Must Know

Copyright compliance is a key task of information professionals and librarians. Copyrightlaws.com's CEO Lesley Ellen Harris shares a presentation with 10 essential copyright compliance tips every information professional must know. This guide is just the tip of the iceberg. You'll see a summary of the tips below. Then take a look at the slides for...

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COVID-19 and Copyright Resources

COVID-19 and Copyright Resources COVID-19 has changed everything in our lives, including the way we live, work and interact with each other. In the world of copyright, it has created some unique circumstances under which we use copyright-protected materials. Highly publicized situations of using copyright materials under time-sensitve circumstances during this crisis include virtual story...

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Copyright and Licensing Books by Lesley Ellen Harris

Copyrightlaws.com Founder and CEO Lesley Ellen Harris has published 10 copyright and licensing books (including editions) on Canadian copyright, digital copyright, licensing digital content and more. Providing an informed, unbiased and global perspective on the topic of copyright, Lesley Ellen Harris is one of today’s foremost copyright messengers. Featured Books and Where To Purchase Canadian Copyright...

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Book on Canadian Copyright Law

Canadian Copyright Law, Fourth Edition Canadian Copyright Law, Fourth Edition is your guide to protecting and using Canadian content in Canada and around the globe. If you live elsewhere and your content is available in Canada, this book informs you about the rights you have and how your works are protected in Canada. The book is aimed...

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