1726 How to Avoid Copyright Infringement

June 27, 2017August 17, 2017by Josh S. Tatum in Intellectual property, LMG Content, Podcast

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worshiping communities and other religious organizations use content created by others every day. Attorney Randall Cloe explains how licensing of copyrighted materials. He discusses the various clearinghouses to find licenses for music. He outlines the potential consequences of infringing copyright. And he and Josh briefly discuss the exception for religious materials used in worship.

Randall D. Cloe, Owner of Cloe Legal, LLC

Cloe Legal, LLC is a law firm established to counsel individuals, start-ups and small business owners on business matters such as entity selection, formation, transactions, intellectual property, and internet law.

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