Most creative writers are so eager to sell their work that they don’t stop to consider what rights they are selling. “Rights” refers to how a publisher can use your work. “Rights” has nothing whatever to do with what you are paid or the copyright of your work. · First North American Serial Rights, or […]
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Avoiding Stock Photo Servitude… Will the new-on-the-scene large corporate market-driven stock photo houses treat photographers and their photos as commodities? History tells us the answer could very well be yes. Take the example of the cartoon syndicates established in the 1920’s under the guidance of newspaper king, William Randolph Hearst. He first introduced the concept […]
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There may be no other profession than the music business where so many people will try to take advantage of you when you are starting out as a musician if you don’t have a lawyer. Whether you or your band hail from Encinitas, California, Del Mar, CA, Solana Beach in San Diego, Anaheim or Santa […]
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Ever since the 2007 to 2008 Writer’s strike, a great deal of discussion and comment is being made pertaining to the subject of copyright protection and infringements. Governments are quickly trying to bring Federal laws up to date to provide stronger protection to those who are now producing digital products. A great challenge on the […]
Continue ReadingI have many friends who are songwriters, and “How to Copyright a Song” is a commonly asked question. Let’s put this question to rest once and for all. The good news is copyright actually arises automatically upon an author’s or creator’s expression of an idea in an original, fixed form (for example, on paper, CD, […]
Continue ReadingWhether or not you actually register the rights to your work with the Copyright Office, you can still use a copyright notice on your work. You have every right and legal claim to your work the moment you put words to paper. It helps to register, but you still own the copyright and you have […]
Continue ReadingGhostwriting is a profession by which a professional writer is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other content which is credited to another person[1]. Various celebrities, executives, political figures etc. hire ghostwriters to do the work for them and then they claim the work as their own. A ghostwriter may be asked to […]
Continue ReadingIt is simply not possible to prevent someone from copying your website images. If someone is skilled and determined there’s no way to stop them from abusing your website and your content. But there’s still light in the end of the tunnel. You can use some semi-sophisticated techniques to limit the amount of people that […]
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