The Copyright Handbook: How To Protect & Use Written Works

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Ignorance is not bliss in the information age. If you create original works you must understand copyright law or risk becoming a skid mark on the information superhighway. The Copyright Handbook provides you with all the information and forms youll need to protect all types of creative expression under U.S. and international copyright law. Written in plain English this must-have handbook tells you everything you need to know about: how to register a written work with the copyright office what works can be protected when and how to use a copyright notice copyright protection for works for hire adaptations new editions electronic mail literary works and periodicals and compilations (databases and catalogs) rights and duration of ownership transfer of copyright ownership what constitutes infringement and how to avoid it how to recognize an adapted or recast work fair use: when and how copyrighted material can be used electronic publishing rights registration of multimedia works and multimedia rights how to protect written works on the Internet The 8th edition of The Copyright Handbook is completely updated to provide the latest case law copyright registration forms and copyright regulations. It also provides a new section on permissions and releases. All forms are included as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.