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Protect your written works with copyright, easily and legally! In the Information Age, writers need to take steps to protect their hard work. Fortunately, The Copyright Handbook provides everything you need to get the job done. Inside, you'll find the essential information and forms you need to protect all types of written expression under copyright law. Let The Copyright Handbook show you how to: register your work maximize copyright protection use a copyright notice transfer ownership of copyright avoid infringement deal with infringers understand the "fair use" rule get permission to use copyrighted work, and profit from your copyright. The 11h edition has been completely updated to provide the latest case law and copyright regulations, and includes new information about electronically filing for copyright and expanded coverage of Internet works, such as blogs. The CD-ROM provides over 30 up-to-date legal and copyright forms.

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Product Description: Now extensively revised, updated, and expanded, "Clearance and Copyright" is the industry-standard guide to almost every conceivable rights issue that filmmakers, videomakers, and television producers might encounter: from the initial acquisition of material through the rights situations that arise during pre-production, production, post-production and release...read more

Product Description: Protect your written works, easily and legally! In the Information Age, writers need to take steps to protect their hard work. Fortunately, The Copyright Handbook provides everything you need to get the job done. Inside, you'll find the information and forms you need to protect all types of written expression under copyright law...read more

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Complemented by charts, lists, and sample forms, this comprehensive legal guide to publishing law helps everyone from authors and editors to literary agents and journalists effectively negotiate the legal complexities of their field, offering a series of alphabetical entries, along with cross-references, case summaries, sample letters, checklists, and other useful material. Original.

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Provides a general overview of what a copyright is, and explains what can and cannot be copyrighted, how to prepare and file for a copyright, and includes forms for registering written, artistic, audio, and computer works.

A guide to copyright protection covers the duration and scope of protection, notice and registration, how to avoid infringement, obtaining permissions, and copyright issues on the World Wide Web

Newly revised and updated, the writer's guide to copyright law covers a wide range of legal, ethical, and practical concerns for writers, editors, publishers, agents, lawyers, critics, and scholars--all assembled into an authoritative and accessible desk reference. Original. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Protecting your intellectual rights through the copyright processes.

Outlines the fundamentals of copyright as they apply to writers, photographers, artists, and anyone corresponding over the Internet. (view table of contents)

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Explains what a copyright is, what can and cannot be copyrighted, and how to prepare and file a copyright, with forms for registering written and artistic works. (view table of contents)