Rights and Licenses

Copyright infringement (or copyright violation) is the unauthorized use of material that is protected by intellectual property rights law particularly the copyright in a manner that violates one of the original copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works that build upon it.

In many jurisdictions, such as the United States, copyright infringement is a strict liability tort or crime. This means that the plaintiff or prosecutor must only prove that the act of copying or actus reus was committed by the defendant, and need not prove guilty intent or mens rea. Good faith, standing alone, is no defense.

To avoid infringement claims, the right to make use of a copyrighted work can be acquired through an explicit contract or license with the author or publisher, through purchasing a lawful copy (which may provide a number of rights to the purchaser, as under the first-sale doctrine), and for certain types of media, statutory licenses (such as for reproducing and recording musical works under U.S. copyright law).

Epiphany Multimedia, Inc. will not reproduce, print, publish, or distribute any content without permission from the author. In addition, we will not copy or distribute fonts without the appropriate number of licenses.

The following kinds of content must have the appropriate licensing, permissions, or release documentation to be used by Epiphany Multimedia, Inc.

Text Content
Photography
Graphics
Illustrations
Video
Audio Files
Fonts

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