When a person creates an original work that is fixed in a physical medium, he or she automatically owns copyright to the work. Copyright ownership gives the owner the exclusive right to use the work in certain, specific ways. Many types of works are eligible for copyright protection, including:
Ideas, facts and processes are not subject to copyright In order to be eligible for copyright protection, a work must be both creative and fixed in a tangible medium. Names and titles are not, by themselves, subject to copyright protection.
In some circumstances, it is possible to use a copyright-protected work without infringing the owner's copyright. For more information, you may wish to learn about Fair Use. It is important to note that your video can still be affected by a claim of copyright infringement, even if you have...
Some content creators choose to make their work available for re-use subject to certain requirements. For more about this, you may wish to learn about the Creative Commons license.
No. T-SHarks isn't able to mediate rights ownership disputes. When we receive a complete takedown notice, we remove the content as the law requires. When we receive a valid counter notification we forward it to the person who requested the removal. After this, it's up to the parties involved to resolve the issue in court.
Copyright is just one form of intellectual property. It is not the same as trademark, which protects brand names, mottos, logos and other source identifiers from being used by others for certain purposes. It is also different from patent law, which protects inventions.
Just because you appear in a video, image or audio recording, this does not mean that you own the copyright to it.
If your friend, or someone else, uploaded a design of you or of your child without your permission, and you feel it violates your privacy or safety, you may wish to file a privacy complaint.
