At ThrillerFest this past July (as in thriller writers, not the Thriller album), a writer I met at one of the conference cocktail parties asked about copyrights and book covers. She wanted to know who […]
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This article could go a few different directions. Simple assault, maybe. Bedroom preferences, even. But actually, it is about Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, otherwise known as SLAPP. I hear you. This type of slap
Hey! Did you just SLAPP me? Read More
Under the Copyright Act in the U.S., the author of a creative work automatically owns the copyright. Whether you are a writer, composer, visual artist, filmmaker, or anyone who creates a copyrightable work, as a
Work Made For Hire – Who owns the copyrights? Read More
Earlier this month, our Sidebar Saturdays article, Ten Things All Authors Need To Know About Copyright (by Stephen Fishman), generated a question from a reader about international copyright protections. The reader is a self-published United
International Copyright Protection: What’s an author to do? Read More
Labor Day celebrates the contribution of workers to our economy. We celebrate it by not working. Enjoy the bar-b-que. Vacation calories don’t count. Photo Credit: candrews | Visualhunt | CC BY-NC-ND
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