4 copyright myths debunked

No one wants to run afoul of copyright law — and everyone wants to protect their hard-earned intellectual property if someone else infringes upon it.

The Passive Voice shared an article by Janet Fries and Jennifer Criss, who both work for the law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath, that debunks four common copyright myths.

Fries and Criss also provide a bonus debunking: that ignorance of a rule isn’t a get-out-of-jail-free card when it comes to legal consequences.

Read the article at Copyright Alliance.

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