This must have handbook for writers and artists provides every necessary form to protect written expression under U.S. and international copyright law. With stepbystep instructions, it illustrates how to: register a written work with the copyright office, determine what works can be protected, transfer copyright ownership, define and avoid infringement, maintain electronic publishing rights.
1. Copyright Basics
Why Have a Copyright Law?
What Is Copyright?
How Is a Copyright Created and Protected?
What Copyright Protects
Limitations on Copyright Protection
Copyright Ownership and Transfer of Ownership
How Long a Copyright Lasts
Copyright Infringement
Other Protections for Intellectual Property
2. Copyright Notice
Introduction: The Little “c” in a Circle
When Copyright Notice Is Required
Why Provide a Copyright Notice on Published Works?
When to Provide Notice
Notices for Online Works
Form of Notice
Notice on Compilations and Adaptations
Book Dust Jackets
Multimedia Works
Where to Place Copyright Notice
Other Information Near the Notice
Copyright Notice on Unpublished Manuscripts
3. Copyright Registration
What Is Copyright Registration?
Why Register?
What Can and Should Be Registered
Who Can Register?
Registration as a Single Unit
Registering Derivative Works and Compilations
How to Register
Online Copyright Registration
Registering Using Form CO
Registering Using Form TX and Other Paper Application Forms
Registering Newspapers, Magazines, Newsletters, and Other Periodicals: Form SE, Short Form SE, Form SE/Group, Form G/DN
Registering a Group of Contributions to Periodicals: Form GR/CP
Registering Online Works
Registering Multimedia Works
Registering Contents of Automated Databases
Satisfying Copyright Office Deposit Requirements
Sending Your Application to the Copyright Office
Postal Mailing Your Paper Application, Fee, and Deposit
Expedited Registration
Preregistration of Unpublished Works
Dealing With the Copyright Office
Full-Term Retention of Deposits and Other Ways to Preserve Deposits
Correcting Errors After Registration Is Completed
4. Correcting or Changing Copyright Notice or Registration
Works Published After March 1, 1989
Copies Published Between January 1, 1978, and February 28, 1989
Works Published Before 1978
Types of Errors or Omissions That Invalidate a Copyright Notice
Why a Supplemental Registration Should Be Filed (When Appropriate)
When Supplemental Registration Is Not Appropriate
Supplemental Registration Procedure
Effect of Supplemental Registration
5. What Copyright Protects
What Copyright Protects: Tangible, Original Expression
What Copyright Does Not Protect: The Boundaries of the Public Domain
Distinguishing Between Protected Expression and Material in the Public Domain: Putting It All Together
Copyright in the Online World
How Copyright Protects Different Types of Online Works
6. Adaptations and Compilations
Derivative Works
Compilations
7. Initial Copyright Ownership
Independent Authorship by an Individual
Works Made for Hire
Jointly Authored Works
8. Transferring Copyright Ownership
How Copyright Ownership Rights Are Transferred to Others
Rights Retained by Author After Transfer
Copyright Transfers Between Freelance Writers and Magazines and Other Periodicals
Copyright Transfers Between Writers and Book Publishers
Electronic Publishing and Ownership of Electronic Rights
Transfer Documents
Marriage, Divorce, and Copyright Ownership
Recording Copyright Transfers With the Copyright Office
9. Copyright Duration
Works Created During or After 1978
End of Calendar Year Rule
Works Created but Not Published or Registered Before January 1, 1978
Works Published or Registered Before January 1, 1978
Special Rules for Works First Published Abroad Before 1978
Duration of Copyright in Adaptations (Derivative Works)
Termination of Transfers of Renewal Term Rights in Pre-1978 Works
10. Using Other Authors Words
Introduction
Introduction to the Fair Use Privilege
When Is a Use a Fair Use?
Fair Use and the Photocopy Machine
Copying by Libraries and Archives
Other Fair Uses
11. Copyright Infringement: What It Is, What to Do About It, How to Avoid It
What Is Copyright Infringement?
How to Know Whether You Have a Valid Infringement Claim
When Copying Protected Expression Is Excused
Self-Help Remedies for Copyright Infringement
Overview of Copyright Infringement Lawsuits
What You Can Get If You Win: Remedies for Copyright Infringement
What to Do If Youre Accused of Infringement
Copyright Infringement Online
12. International Copyright Protection
International Protection for U.S. Citizens and Nationals
Protection in the United States for Non-U.S. Citizens
Copyright Protection in Canada
Marketing Your Work in Foreign Countries
13. Copyright and Taxation
Writers Income Tax Deductions
Taxation of Copyright Income
14. Obtaining Copyright Permissions
Who Owns the Text?
Start With Online Permission Services
Locate the Publisher
Contact the Author
Special Situations
When You Cant Find the Rights Holder
Negotiating Text Permission and Fees
15. Help Beyond This Book
Intensive Background Resources
Primary Source Materials on Copyright
Finding a Copyright Lawyer
Appendix: How to Use the Interactive Forms
Editing RTFs
List of Forms
Index