130 How to Use Famous People in Fiction, Art, & Film
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.
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78 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 More34 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 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.
Read More9 How to Protect Your Archive of Creative Work
If you have a large portfolio of creative work that needs copyright protection, here’s a simple formula for deciding what to protect first.
Read More42 The Artist’s Race for Instant Protection
Instant protection is the biggest lie in copyright. Perhaps it’s not a lie, but it is misleading. And the idea that there is instant protection in copyright is misleading writers and artists smack into problems.
Read More1 How BitTorrent Technology is Used to Pirate Copyrighted Material — A Primer
You can protect your ebook if it ends up on a pirate site. But, be sure it is a pirate site. It might be a malware site. Do you know the difference?
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