If you work with words, you need this book
No writer likes to see their hard work or creativity copied by others—or to be accused of copying. Fortunately, The Copyright Handbook provides everything you need to protect yourself. Find information and forms to help you:
- learn what copyright law protects and doesn’t
- register your work with the Copyright Office
- deal with infringers, online and off
- transfer ownership of a copyright
- get international copyright protection
- understand the “fair use” rule
- obtain permission to use copyrighted work, and
- profit from your copyright.
This edition is updated with key court decisions and emerging rules in order to provide the latest guidance on registering and protecting your work, plus new information covering artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright, the Copyright Office’s new Public Records System online database, and the Copyright Claims Board (small claims court for copyright infringement).
With Downloadable Forms: Essential forms and agreements including a Copyright Assignment, Work-Made-for-Hire Agreement, Collaboration Agreement, and Permission Agreement are available for download (details inside).
Table of Content
1. Copyright Basics 2. Copyright Notice 3. Copyright Registration 4. Correcting or Changing Copyright Notice or Registration 5. What Copyright Protects 6. Adaptations and Compilations 7. Initial Copyright Ownership 8. Transferring Copyright Ownership 9. Copyright Duration 10. Using Other Authors’ Words 11. Copyright Infringement: What It Is, What to Do About It, How to Avoid It 12. International Copyright Protection 13. Copyright and Taxation 14. Obtaining Copyright Permissions 15. Help Beyond This Book Appendix: How to Use the Interactive Forms List of Forms Index
About the author
Stephen Fishman is the author of many Nolo books, including Deduct It! Lower Your Small Business Taxes, Every Landlord’s Tax Deduction Guide and Home Business Tax Deductions: Keep What You Earn—plus many other legal and business books. He received his law degree from the University of Southern California and after time in government and private practice, became a full-time legal writer.
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