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2007-03-27 20:15:08 · 9 answers · asked by Haley 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If you sell a soda called Pepsi, you are infringing on PepsiCo's copyright. They own the name pepsi. They are the only company that can use that name. They have the "Right" to it and you can't "Copy" their trade mark.
If you do, they can sue you and get money judgement. However, you can't be arrested and put in jail because it is a civil matter, not criminal.
2007-03-27 20:22:43 · answer #1 · answered by John L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That you have stolen something that is copyrighted(this means the person or group have rights on the material) or used it for personal use without paying or asking for permission to use it, so if you say that you wrote it but somebody else wrote it and it is copyrighted then you committed copyright infringement
2007-03-28 03:21:48 · answer #2 · answered by Edgar c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually determined by the courts.
It becomes an issue of who has the deepest pockets.
I once had to prove that a carcinogen was being shipped under a copyrighted name. I used the warning label on the box, as a notice to the lawyer that he couldn't remain ignorant of the violations of the company that hired him. That's lay talk for some aspect of his due diligence. I won. So strategy counts.
2007-03-28 03:19:46 · answer #3 · answered by Wonka 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you get a letter saying that you infringed a trademark or a copyright, then immediately stop what you are doing and apologize, otherwise you will have a large corporation up your *** and you will end up getting sued by ivy league lawyers.
2007-03-28 03:18:41 · answer #4 · answered by Josh 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means that you have used copyrighted material in a manner that is neither permitted by law nor by agreement of the copyright owner. You can be sued for damages.
2007-03-28 03:17:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have copied somthing that has already been done.....without permission.
For example: If someone writes a book and sells the book to a publisher. the Publisher then makes copies of the book for sale....
That same person can not take the same book and sell it to someone else because he no longer owns the rights to the book.
You also cannot take something from a published book and call it your own without premission of the writer and publishing company....
Just a guess but did you try and download pirated music (free music), this is music that someone has copied and has not paid for.....????
2007-03-28 03:21:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to purposely steal someones work.
2007-03-28 03:17:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
means if you get busted you go to jail and pay huge fines
2007-03-28 03:18:38 · answer #8 · answered by muraadmian 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
its a money matter when they prosecute !!!
2007-03-28 03:18:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋