The Innocent Infringement Defense

You might be generally aware of the "innocent infringement" doctrine of copyright law, and you might even be tempted to assert your innocence against an accusation of infringement. Quite possibly, you are trying to protect your work and you want to avoid innocent infringement being raised against you. Whatever the case may be the advent of the internet has smashed the world of copyright and innocence together, as the ability for a single ground zero act of infringement to propagate to...
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You might be generally aware of the "innocent infringement" doctrine of copyright law, and you might even be tempted to assert your innocence against an accusation of infringement. Quite possibly, you are trying to protect your work and you want to avoid innocent infringement being raised against you. Whatever the case may be the advent of the internet has smashed the world of copyright and innocence together, as the ability for a single ground zero act of infringement to propagate to an unstoppable viral infringement has never been more disconcerting. This fully cited and informative white paper is designed to help parties better understand what innocent infringement really means, when it can be used, and how to better protect or defend your clients. This information can be crucial to any understanding of this helpful defense against damages.