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10 Museums that Give Away Open Access Images of Public Domain Work

Innovative museums share their collections with high resolution open access images that can be used by anyone for anything.

You start a business by making a sale of your finished work or your services. Then you set up your organization. Here’s when, why, and how you do that.

It takes three steps to register a trademark: file the application; pay the fee; and wait eight to ten months with fingers crossed until the registration certificate arrives in the mail.

The public domain freeze is over. More creative work is free for use than ever before. Here’s how to tell if a work is in the public domain.

A bill designed to give creative professionals a copyright small claims forum to enforce their rights is moving forward in Congress.

Take a tour through the single copyright application with this replay of a live step-by-step session. Move quickly through the tricky parts. Complete with cost saving tips and clear explanations.

Knowing how to use famous people in your fiction, art, or film can keep you from getting turned down by a publisher or producer or getting sued by a celebrity.

Which comes first, the art or the business? Many artists work to turn their creative abilities into a business. But sometimes it’s the business that turns out to be creative. In either case, copyright protects the business by protecting the art.

Trademarks help customers find you in the crowd. It’s an integral part of your brand, the promise you make to your customers. A good trademark is a powerful business asset. This is how they work.

Did the NRA make fair use of Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate sculpture? Or is its inclusion in an NRA promotional video an infringement? Fair use could decide the case of Kapoor v. NRA.

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10 Museums that Give Away Open Access Images of Public Domain Work

3 Start a Business: Who, What, Where, When, How, and Why

1 How To Register a Trademark: Clearance Searches

3 What is in the Public Domain?

15 Copyright Small Claims Act: Update

2 Copyright Application: Step-by-Step

36 How to Use Famous People in Fiction, Art, & Film

8 Copyright for Artists in Business: the USPS gets Schooled, Again

6 Trademarks for Creative Professionals

12 Kapoor v. NRA: A Fair Use Analysis

Rip-Off Protection Report for Creative Professionals

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