When someone steals your intellectual property, you can feel like your very spirit has been violated. People pour their hearts and souls into their intellectual and artistic pursuits. When someone comes along and tries to pass your work off as their own, it can feel like a serious violation.
You don’t have to just sit back and watch your work be stolen. Instead, follow these tips of what you should do if you believe that you’ve been a victim of copyright infringement.
Be Sure That It’s An Infringement
There are some situations that might seem like infringement, but are in fact perfectly well within the parameters of the law. Primarily, there’s something called fair use that allows your work to be used for purposes of education or critique. For example, if you created an animated video and published it online, a critic of works like yours is allowed to show clips of your video during their on-camera review. It’s only an infringement if the person who’s reused your work is trying to pass it off as their own in order to reap the benefits.
Don’t Reach Out To Them On Your Own
It’s never a good idea to …