SMG LA 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Certiorari, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, World Intellectual Property Organization
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24. 3a copyright term: copyright is valid until 70 years after the death of the work"s only or last living author, or, in the case of works owned by a corporation. Illegal to delete copyright information, such as the name of the author or title of the article, also illegal to distribute false copyright information. Illegal to circumvent encryption or scrambling devices that protect copyrighted works, such as buying software to skip through commercials. Illegal to distribute tools and technologies used to circumvent encryption devices, by telling people how to fast forward through commercials. Ips are not liable for posting copyrighted material as long as they are unaware that the material is illegal and they remove it promptly after receiving a. 24. 3e international copyright treaties: berne convention requires member countries to provide automatic copyright protection to any works created in another member country, wipo (world intellectual property organization) copyright treaty and wipo.
