Self publishing is the publishing of your book by you (the author) instead of by a traditional publishing house. Once this book is published, you then proceed to market your book yourself by various means such as websites and print on demand outlets. For authors who are having difficulty selling their book to a traditional publishing house they may turn to self publishing as an alternative route to publishing.

Viacom reveal YouTube founder as copyright violator in 108 page of court document. Meanwhile Google argue that the copyright has been protected by the safe harbor provision of Digital Millennium copyright act. I do not know whether Viacom want to buy YouTube to increase their business.

Copyright.gov defines a copyright as “a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the authors of “original works of authorship” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works.” It goes on to say this protection is available to