16 Is it Fair Use? Using the Creative Work of Others
Do you need permission to incorporate someone else’s work into your own? Or have you transformed their work in a way that makes it fair use?
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8 When to Protect Creative Work
Deciding whether and when to invest time and resources to protect creative work can be a challenge. If you find yourself in any one of these three situations, you need to take action.
Read More5 Understanding Your Copyrights
A copyright can be your golden ticket. There are unlimited ways to license your rights to create multiple revenue streams if you know what your rights are.
Read More69 How to Copyright a Series of Books
Can you register your book series with the Copyright Office on one application and pay only one fee? If you are a certain type of writer, you can.
Read More8 Copyright Lessons from Shark Tank
A hopeful entrepreneur told the Sharks how she shut down someone who infringed her design. They weren’t impressed. This is the enforcement strategy she should have used to make copyright infringement pay.
Read More29 Who Owns Rudolph’s Nose?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was a work for hire, but the department store employer returned the copyright to the author. This is how copyright registration turned Rudolph into a gold mine for the writer’s family.
Read More1 Metadata, the Fingerprint for Your Creative Work
Using metadata in your online creative work now will protect it later. Here’s how to do it.
Read More22 Advocating for Creative Rights Is Personal
Protect your creative rights by challenging those who would take them from you. It’s not always easy. Here’s what happened when I was caught off guard by someone who blatantly admitted stealing the creative work of others.
Read MoreTrademark Registration Costs and Timeline
Trademark registration may not be the first thing you want to spend your money on, but plan for it in your budget. Successful businesses are built on branding.
Read More11 Privacy and the Copyright Office
The need for privacy is a concern for many writers and artists. Filing an application with the Copyright Office for a copyright registration on your work creates a public record. There is a natural tension between protecting your work with a public filing and protecting your privacy, but it can be done.
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