Law and Authors (eBook)

A Legal Handbook for Writers

Jacqueline D. Lipton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
272 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-97224-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Everything a writer needs to know about the law.

This accessible, reader-friendly handbook will be an invaluable resource for authors, agents, and editors in navigating the legal landscape of the contemporary publishing industry. Drawing on a wealth of experience in legal scholarship and publishing, Jacqueline D. Lipton provides a useful legal guide for writers whatever their levels of expertise or categories of work (fiction, nonfiction, or academic). Through case studies and hypothetical examples, Law and Authors addresses issues of copyright law, including explanations of fair use and the public domain; trademark and branding concerns for those embarking on a publishing career; laws that impact the ways that authors might use social media and marketing promotions; and privacy and defamation questions that writers may face. Although the book focuses on American law, it highlights key areas where laws in other countries differ from those in the United States. Law and Authors will prepare every writer for the inevitable and the unexpected.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments 

Introduction 
Setting the Stage: A Primer on the Law for Writers

1. Copyright Basics 
Ownership, Registration, the Public Domain, and Creative Commons
2. Know Your (Copy)Rights 
Understanding Your Rights and Protecting Your Work
3. Writing for Someone Else 
Ghostwriting, Freelancing, “IP,” and Works for Hire
4. Fair Use Basics 
5. Specific Fair Uses 
Parody, Fanfiction, and Educational Use
6. Contracts with Agents and Publishing Houses 
7. Self-Publishing Contracts 
8. Protecting Your Author Brand 
Trademark Basics
9. Writing about Real People 
Privacy Law
10. Damaging Someone’s Reputation 
Defamation Law
11. Marketing and Social Media 
Websites, Blogs, Book Trailers, Social Networking, and More
12. Photographs, Illustrations, and Other Artwork 
13. Finding Additional Help 

Notes 
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.8.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Schlagworte: Branding • Case Studies • Contracts • Copyright • Creative Commons • Creativity • defamation • Fan fiction • Freelancing • Free Use • Ghostwriting • Lawyers • legal • Liability • Moral rights • privacy • Public Domain • reference guide • resource • Self Publishing • Trademark • writers
• ISBN-10: 0-520-97224-4 / 0520972244
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-97224-7 / 9780520972247