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Completely updated to provide the latest in law and court rulings, this 7th edition also provides an all-new chapter on how to take tax deductions from expenses incurred while writing, and how to deal with taxes on money earned from copyrights.

Attention writers, publishers, journalists, editors, librarians and other wordsmiths! Here's the guide you need to protect yourself against copyright piracy in the world of print and on the Web.

Ignorance is not bliss in the information age. If you work with words today, you must understand copyright law or risk becoming a skid mark on the information superhighway.

Filled with step-by-step instructions The Copyright Handbook provides you with all the forms you'll need to protect all types of written expression under U.S. and international copyright law. The forms are included as tear-out pages in the book and also on the included CD-ROM. The forms on the CD (Windows/Macintosh) are in common formats for use with any word processor and/or Adobe Acrobat Reader (included).

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 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

List Of Forms

Blank Forms * PDF Forms can be filled in using your computer. Registering Literary Works Form TX * Short Form TX * Form PA * Short Form PA * Registering Newspapers, Magazines, and Other Periodicals Form SE * Short form SE * Form SE/Group * Form G/DN Registering Visual Arts Form VA * Short form VA * Request for Special Handling Form /CON (continuation sheet for application forms) * Form CA * Form GR/CP (adjunct application for copyright registration for a group of contributions to periodicals) Form GR/PPh/CON Document Cover Sheet * For Restored Works Form GATT * Form GATT/GRP * Form GATT/CON* Form NLA Form NLA CON RTF Forms Initial Copyright Ownership Work-Made-for-Hire Agreement Work-for-Hire Letter Agreement Collaboration Agreement Transferring Copyright Ownership Copyright License Copyright Assignment Using Other Authors' Words Copyright Permission Request Copyright Infringement Notice of Claimed Copyright Infringement Counter-Notification in Response to Claim of Copyright Infringement Sample Forms Copyright Registration Letter to Copyright Office Initial Copyright Ownership Letter-Acknowledgment of Employee Ownership of Work Done Outside the Workplace Sample Transfer Agreement Sample Work Made for Hire Agreement Sample Assignment Letter Agreement Sample Collaboration Agreement Transferring Copyright Ownership Sample Letter: Notice Regarding Contractual Termination or Revocation of Transfer Sample Copyright Assignment Sample Copyright License Copyright Duration Sample Letter: Making Identity Known to Copyright Office Using Other Authors' Words Sample Copyright Permission Agreement Copyright Infringement Sample Letter -- Demand of 'Cease and Desist' of Using Copyrighted Material Sample Compromise Settlement Letter Sample Compromise Settlement Agreement Letter Other Sample Forms Form TX -- Single unpublished work (a novel); single author Form TX -- Single published work; single author; photos registered separately by photographer Form TX -- Single published work; five joint authors; publisher acquired all copyrights Form TX -- Single work made for hire; previously published under another title and revised; a derivative work Form TX -- Published book; derivative work based on previously published article; joint authors: one the author of the text, the other the photographer; text and photos registered together as a single unit of publication Form TX -- Single published work; publisher acquired all rights in text; text and work for hire cover art and copy registered together as a single unit of publication Form TX -- Published compilation (anthology); publisher registers for the authors Form TX -- Single author; contributions to collective work Form TX -- Group of contributions to periodicals in a 12-month period; a single author Form PA -- Original screenplay by a single author Form PA -- Unpublished song lyric; single author Form SE/GROUP -- Three monthly issues of a monthly magazine registered as a group Short Form SE -- Single magazine issue Form SE -- Single issue of a magazine published three times a year; single author; not a work made for hire

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. How to Use This Book 2. Copyright Basics 3. Copyright Notice 4. Copyright Registration 5. Correcting or Changing Copyright Notice or Registration 6. What Copyright Protects 7. Adaptions and Compilations 8. Initial Copyright Ownership 9. Transferring Copyright Ownership 10. Copyright Duration 11. Using Other Authors’ Words 12. Copyright Infringement: What It Is, What to Do About It, How to Avoid It 13. International Copyright Protection 14. Copyright in the Online World, Electronic Publishing and Multimedia 15. Copyrights and Taxation 16. Help Beyond This Book Appendix I. Sample Forms Appendix II. How to Use the CD-ROM Appendix III. Blank Forms Index

What This Book Is Not About (excerpt from the book)

This book only covers copyright for written works. This means it is not about: copyright protection for music, artwork, photography or audiovisual works; for a detailed discussion of legal protection for music, see Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business, by Richard Stim (Nolo). publishing contracts -- although we discuss the copyright aspects of publishing contracts, this is not a book about how to negotiate or draft contracts protecting inventions -- see Patent It Yourself, by David Pressman (Nolo), if you want to know about this protecting computer software -- see Copyright Your Software and Software Development: A Legal Guide, both by Stephen Fishman (Nolo), if you want to know about this protecting titles, logos or slogans -- these items may be protected under the federal and state trademark laws, which have nothing to do with copyright; see Trademark: How to Name Your Business & Product, by Kate McGrath and Stephen Elias (Nolo). protecting ideas -- copyright only protects words, not ideas. Ideas can be protected as trade secrets, which involves committing anyone who learns of the ideas to secrecy, and maintaining security procedures to prevent the ideas from leaking out.

About The Author...

Attorney Stephen Fishman received his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1979. After stints in government and private practice, he became a full-time legal writer in 1983. He has helped write and edit over a dozen reference books for attorneys. He is the author of Software Development: A Legal Guide, Copyright Your Software, The Copyright Handbook, Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements and Hiring Independent Contractors: The Employee's Legal Guide.

What Others Say About The Copyright Handbook...

Explains the ins and outs of copyright lawman plain English -- and provides all the forms and step-by-step instructions to register a copyright... will answer all the questions of writers who are concerned about protecting their creations. -- Authorship

An excellent self-help guide through the law and the registration process, including the appropriate forms. -- Home Office Computing

For anyone who creates written works... The Copyright Handbook is as essential as a dictionary. -- Business Life

[A] useful legal resource for writers... -- New Orleans Times-Picayune

Best legal reference book of 1996. This book contains all the usual wonderful features we have come to expect from the Nolo line... -- Law Library Journal

Presents a lucid, jargon-free explanation of copyright laws... Those who have struggled to find out the 'answer' to a copyright issue will breathe a sigh of relief when reading Stephen Fishman's text.... Fishman offers prose that is plain-English, concise, and highly scannable. Another great Nolo title, The Copyright Handbook will be a hit with librarians, copyright researchers, and anyone who wants to protect their work. -- Cheryl LaGuardia, Editor Library Journal

The Copyright Handbook... has become a standard work on the subject. -- Bob Schwabach, Syndicated Columnist

A thorough (and thoroughly enjoyable) discussion of the subject of copyright law as it applies to writers. -- Writer's Market

The Copyright Handbook: How To Protect and Use Written Works
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