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Know How to avoid Copyright Disputes: Beware of Copyright Violations

Online Legal India LogoBy Ankar Kapuria Published On 28 Dec 2020 Updated On 21 Jan 2022 Category Copyright

Whenever someone creates something, they have a sense of ownership on their creations. Copyright Violations come into picture when someone copies, sells, distributes, adapts, displays that creation without authorized permission.

 Copyrighting your own work of literature, music, and art is important to sustain its ownership. So, even if someone violates the copyright rules, you can get compensation and rightful ownership back.

With the term, Copyright comes in line words like Piracy, Theft and Freebooting. Mostly we use piracy to talk about unfair copying of someone’s work. Freebooting is used to describe unauthorized imitation of online media such as videos on platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and so on.

Types of Copyright Violations

  • Making copies of copyright-protected works for personal gain. Mostly we use the term piracy to talk about unfair copying of someone’s work.
  • Distributing copyrighted works without the owner’s permission.
  • Exhibiting copyright-violating works in public.
  • Importing copyright violating works from abroad.

How to protect your work?

Nowadays you can protect your work from the comfort of your home, that too with expert legal guidance. So get your piece of work protected by copyright laws now! Meanwhile, a creator is going to have copyright protection for his creative works his whole lifetime. However, these terms of conditions end 70 years after his death.

How to Solve Disputes?

After the violation of a copyrighted piece, there are numerous ways to solve a dispute. Generally, both parties negotiate directly or the violated client can send a legal notice to initiate a takedown process. The complex cases require a settlement or litigation in civil court.

Our world, more than ever, is so prone to the internet now that it is really hard to imagine life without it. Just as fast connectivity has its advantages, the disadvantages can not be overlooked. And guess what; the crimes related to copyright infringement are escalating as each second passes. So it is better to be safe than sorry. Get your work copyright protected now with the help of efficient experts and be free of the impending violation.


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