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Posts in category derivatives

What writers need to know about copyr...

January 25, 2021 Written by Dan Miller
What writers need to know about copyright

DISCLAIMER: I am not an attorney. This article does not offer legal advice. It offers some practical insights from someone who assists writers in identifying and resolving copyright issues. US copyright law is complex and often confusing. This article highlights some of the basics of US copyright law that every writer should understand, preferably BEFORE […]

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Derivatives – Build on Another&...

July 6, 2014 Written by The Copyright Detective
Derivatives – Build on Another’s Work

Derivatives must be transformative U.S. Copyright Law is all about protecting creators’ works in order to offer incentive to these creators so that they keep on producing works for the good of society. So it seems that building on an existing work such as a play, poem, song, or film would be blessed in the eyes […]

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Copyright Infringement: Dangers of Co...

July 7, 2011 Written by The Copyright Detective
Copyright Infringement: Dangers of Copying from One Medium into Another

We creatives know there is nothing new under the sun. We know that art and literature thrive, in part,  because creatives in these fields have so much wonderful work from which they may glean ideas for new works.   And there is much public domain content that can be used to legally create derivatives. A derivative work is […]

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About Face—Tyson’s and Obama...

May 30, 2011 Written by The Copyright Detective
About Face—Tyson’s and Obama’s

All the photos of Mike Tyson’s face in the Internet copyright news arena this past week carried me back to the not-too-distant past when another face was ubiquitous there—President Obama’s.  Tyson’s facial tatoo had found its way to the face of an actor in the newly released movie “The Hangover Part II.”  About two years […]

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Copying the Bible, the Classics—Old W...

May 14, 2011 Written by The Copyright Detective
Copying the Bible, the Classics—Old Works/ Current Copyright

We can copy and publish from any edition of the Bible, right? The Bible is in the public domain, right? After all, it’s message belongs to all of us and is very old. What about Les Miserables? Victor Hugo died over 125  years ago. We couldn’t possibly be infringing copyright if we copy excerpts from these […]

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Quick links to recent blog posts

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  • New Circulars from Copyright Office
  • Songwriters sue the DOJ
  • Format Matters with Permissions Requests
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