U.S. Copyright Office is an office of public record for copyright registration and deposit of copyright material.
Check username availability on over 575 social networks in social media, domain names and the USPTO Trademark database to see if your company, brand, product, or username is available or taken.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the Federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. In doing this, the USPTO fulfills the mandate of Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, of the Constitution that the Executive branch “promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries.” The USPTO registers trademarks based on the Commerce Clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3).
Whatsmyname is a tool for comprehensive digital intelligence gathering. It can be part of doing a trademark clearance search. It provides a professional username analysis of intellectual property use across 500+ platforms for security research, cyber investigations, and digital forensic.
AllMusic provides comprehensive music info including reviews and biographies. Get recommendations for new music to listen to, stream or own.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) – the worldwide leader in performance royalties, service and advocacy for songwriters, composers and music publishers.
From the latest music news and music reviews, to Billboard music charts, music articles, videos and more, you’ll find the music information you want at Billboard.com.
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), a leader in rights management, collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it distributes as royalties to songwriters & music publishers.
The sole administrator of §114 sound recording licenses, SoundExchange collects payments from sound recording users including satellite radio providers, webcasters and digital cable music providers, and distributes digital performance royalties owed to record labels, DSPs, featured performers, and publishers.
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) is a nonprofit organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office pursuant to the historic Music Modernization Act of 2018.
In January 2021, The MLC began administering blanket mechanical licenses to eligible streaming and download services (digital service providers or DSPs) in the United States. The MLC collects the royalties due under those licenses from the DSPs and pays songwriters, composers, lyricists, and music publishers.
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade organization of the recording industry, including major record labels and distributors, which the RIAA states “create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85 percent of all legally sold recorded music in the United States”. The RIAA is responsible for certifying gold and platinum album and single sales and streams in the U.S.
Discover who owns a website or domain name by searching the WHOIS database or learn how to keep your domain registration information private. When a domain name gets registered, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) requires domain name registrars to submit a registrant's personal contact information to the WHOIS database. Once a listing appears in this online domain WHOIS directory, it is publicly available to anyone who checks domain names using the WHOIS search tool.
Find where images appear online by doing a reverse image search.
30 years of web history including hundreds of billions of web pages, as well as other media.
Find a local lawyer and free legal information at FindLaw, the award-winning website. Free legal information and resources.
Free Q&A, search engine to find a lawyer, and more resources.
Founded in 1927 by the legislature, the State Bar of California is an administrative arm of the California Supreme Court. All lawyers practicing in California must be members of the State Bar.
The mission of the Los Angeles County Bar Association is to meet the professional needs of Los Angeles lawyers and advance the administration of justice.
California Supreme Court and appellate opinions.
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade organization of the recording industry, including major record labels and distributors, which the RIAA states “create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85 percent of all legally sold recorded music in the United States”. The RIAA is responsible for certifying gold and platinum album and single sales and streams in the U.S.
Film Independent helps filmmakers make their movies, builds an audience for their projects and works to diversify the film industry. Film Independent’s Board of Directors, filmmakers, staff, and constituents, is comprised of an inclusive community of individuals across ability, age, ethnicity, gender, race and sexual orientation. Anyone passionate about film can become a member, whether you are a filmmaker, industry professional or a film lover.
IMDb: The biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet.
Resource about worldwide film festivals.
The trade organization of the film industry which advocates for filmmakers and also rates films for the public.
AI ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot released in 2022. It currently uses GPT-5, a generative pre-trained transformer, to generate text, speech, and images in response to user prompts.
Software used to detect AI.
Software capable of converting files from hundreds of different formats.
