Synopses & Reviews
Who needs this book? Only every writer, photographer, illustrator, designer, businessperson, musician, songwriter, filmmaker, teacher, researcher, advertiser, and Web designer in the United States. How to find copyright owners, request permissions, and keep records? Easy-reference copyright duration chart, form agreements, form letters, resources, and checklists; Permissionstheyre enough to make anyone crazy. Thank heavens theres Fair Use, Free Use and Use by Permission, the one-volume reference that is sure to save the sanity of thousands of grateful readers. Writers, photographers, illustrators, designers, teachers, researchersanyone involved with intellectual property needs this practical, straightforward guide to copyright law. Find out what constitutes fair use, how to get permissions, and how to protect creative work, plus learn about copyright infringement, public domain, and much more. Illuminating true-life stories enliven the ins and outs of copyright law, and helpful charts, resource lists, and forms make the permissions experience vastly more manageable. Let a respected intellectual property lawyer show the way through the copyright maze!
About the Author
Lee Wilson is a writer and intellectual property lawyer. In private practice in Nashville since 1984, she has served on the board of the Sinking Creek Film Celebration and as president of the nonprofit organization that published the scholarly Cumberland Poetry Review, was founding president of the Tennessee Writers Alliance, and is a frequent speaker to arts groups. Wilson has written six books on intellectual-property law topics published by Allworth Press. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.