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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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The reluctance to criminalize copyright infringements, still evident in some countries, could be counteracted by adequate civil law provisions.
Reform proposals providing more severe criminal sanctions for copyright infringements have been enacted in many countries.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Federal copyright protection, extends to original and modified derivative plans, is applicable to intentional and unintentional infringements and provides for specific statutory damages both civil and criminal.
Thus, this new legislative overlay prohibits activity specifically permitted by the copyright law and imposes significantly higher penalties for technical copyright infringements.
To investigate infringements of Crown and Parliamentary copyright, consulting other government departments and agencies and Parliament as necessary.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Some infringements of copyright are criminal infringements when "any person who infringes a copyright willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain" The U.
BOCES contends that the individual defendants cannot be directly or contributorily liable for any copyright infringements because they had no knowledge that their activities were in violation of the copyright laws.
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHT and REGISTRATION MARKS Geometrical Art bears no responsibility for legal infringements and assumes that the customer has permission to use all designs.
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Mike Enlow,
Internet Marketer
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Under the DMCA, copyright owners may contact the authorized agent of an Internet service provider to report alleged infringements of their protected works appearing on Web pages hosted by the service provider.
Claims of Copyright Infringement If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please click here for instructions on how to contact us.
Contact Information for Reporting Infringements If you find material on our site that contains a copyright infringement, please send a detailed report of it to the address below.
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Rob Verdann,
Afterdark Removalist
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However, such infringements are clearly addressed by the Copyright Act and therefore, the government was not correct in trying to apply a "gap filler" statute, such as the Stolen Property Act, to cover the interstate sale of record albums that, while not stolen, contained unlawful recordings.
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