page_title: Copyfraud
hierarchical_section_title: Copyfraud
caption_attribution_description: English: Bronze jug held by the British Museum, on exhibition in the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. It is displayed above a tag stating a fraudulent claim of copyright. Please refer to Copyfraud in order to understand its use here, to highlight the museum's unjustifiable claim of intellectual property rights. The handle has figures of a soldier and priest preparing to sacrifice a pig. The artwork suggests the jug was the property of a temple. The British Museum database gives a findspot of Carlisle. Français&#160;: Pichet en bronze conservé au British Museum, exposé au Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Il trône au-dessus d'une étiquette indiquant une revendication frauduleuse de droit d'auteur. Veuillez vous référer à la fiche copyfraud afin de comprendre son utilisation ici, pour mettre en évidence la revendication injustifiable des droits de propriété intellectuelle par le musée. L'anse est ornée de figures représentant un soldat et un prêtre se préparant à sacrifier un cochon. L'œuvre d'art suggère que la cruche était la propriété d'un temple. La base de données du British Museum donne un lieu de découverte de Carlisle.
context_page_description: A copyfraud is a false copyright claim by an individual or institution with respect to content that is in the public domain. Such claims are wrongful, at least under U.S. and Australian copyright law, because material that is not copyrighted is free for all to use, modify and reproduce. Copyfraud also includes overreaching claims by publishers, museums and others, as where a legitimate copyright owner knowingly, or with constructive knowledge, claims rights beyond what the law allows.
  The term "copyfraud" was coined by Jason Mazzone, a Professor of Law at the University of Illinois. Because copyfraud carries little or no oversight by authorities and few legal consequences, it exists on a massive scale, with millions of works in the public domain falsely labelled as copyrighted. Payments are therefore unnecessarily made by businesses and individuals for licensing fees. Mazzone states that copyfraud stifles valid reproduction of free material, discourages innovation and undermines free speech rights. Other legal scholars have suggested public and private remedies, and a few cases have been brought involving copyfraud.
context_section_description: A copyfraud is a false copyright claim by an individual or institution with respect to content that is in the public domain. Such claims are wrongful, at least under U.S. and Australian copyright law, because material that is not copyrighted is free for all to use, modify and reproduce. Copyfraud also includes overreaching claims by publishers, museums and others, as where a legitimate copyright owner knowingly, or with constructive knowledge, claims rights beyond what the law allows.
  The term "copyfraud" was coined by Jason Mazzone, a Professor of Law at the University of Illinois. Because copyfraud carries little or no oversight by authorities and few legal consequences, it exists on a massive scale, with millions of works in the public domain falsely labelled as copyrighted.  Payments are therefore unnecessarily made by businesses and individuals for licensing fees. Mazzone states that copyfraud stifles valid reproduction of free material, discourages innovation and undermines free speech rights. Other legal scholars have suggested public and private remedies, and a few cases have been brought involving copyfraud.
caption: 2nd century bronze jug held by British Museum, with false copyright claim, while on loan to Tullie House Museum
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