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Timely copyright registration is esse...

July 7, 2016 Written by The Copyright Detective
Timely copyright registration is essential.

 Timely Copyright Registration is Essential Timely copyright registration is essential. All of us, whether authors, bloggers, or companies with a web presence, can let an important step in publishing fall through the cracks. No one may be aware of a problem until they are slammed into the brick wall of infringement-without-an-expedient–means-to-address-it.   Often companies and bloggers with […]

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Boomers Beware of Copyright Infringem...

November 7, 2015 Written by The Copyright Detective
Boomers Beware of Copyright Infringement!

We often help Baby Boomers with copyright clearance issues as they come close to realizing a long-held goal of getting their memoirs written and published. Avoiding accidental copyright infringement is a frequent discussion topic. Baby Boomers want to write their memoirs for various reasons.  They may suddenly be compelled to take that step of authorship because they have such […]

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Substantial similarities

October 17, 2015 Written by The Copyright Detective
Substantial similarities

How does the concept of substantial similarities relate to copyright infringement? When we hear that only the expression of an idea and not the idea itself can lead to an infringement claim, we should use caution in assuming that only direct quotes or close paraphrasing will get us in trouble. We may mistakenly think, “Oh […]

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Part II: Terms of Use & Copyrigh...

June 23, 2014 Written by The Copyright Detective
Part II: Terms of Use & Copyright

Careful review of Terms of Use (TOU) may keep you from infringing on the copyrights of others, as we discussed in Part I. In this part we will discuss why it is important to know that you can use TOUs to protect your own work from abuse by others. If you were contributing to a print work, you […]

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Part IV: Secondary Sources – Tw...

May 2, 2014 Written by The Copyright Detective
Part IV: Secondary Sources – Twiddling Your Thumbs

For the last three weeks we have been covering the use of secondary sources.  We talked about avoiding a halt in production of our work or  a DMCA takedown notice due to an unwise use of secondary sources. We talked about how and where to look for items in copied content that may be from […]

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Part III: Secondary Sources – T...

April 28, 2014 Written by The Copyright Detective
Part III: Secondary Sources – Twiddling Your Thumbs

As we have pointed out in Part I and II of Secondary Sources, it is wise to seek out secondary sources in a search for original ones, but remember that often these sources will not serve an author in the same way  original sources do—in any attempt to comply with copyright law.  Below are some […]

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Part II: Secondary Sources – Tw...

April 9, 2014 Written by The Copyright Detective
Part II: Secondary Sources – Twiddling Your Thumbs

More and more, we are seeing our own clients inadvertently make a use of secondary sources that constitutes infringement.  This occurs most often today in uses of material obtained from websites, blogs, and aggregators. Publishing content from the Huffington Post, photos taken from Pinterest, text taken from Facts on File, and still images taken from […]

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Part I: Secondary Sources – Twi...

March 31, 2014 Written by The Copyright Detective
Part I: Secondary Sources – Twiddling Your Thumbs

Word to the Wise:  Keep in mind ownership issues when tempted to copy from secondary sources found online or in print sources. When collecting items and quotes for their blog, article or book, authors may be tempted to use what are called secondary sources. Secondary Sources Many times if they don’t take the extra time to […]

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Best Practices in Copyright Complianc...

May 25, 2013 Written by The Copyright Detective
Best Practices in Copyright Compliance: Tools for The Indie Publisher Looking for Guidance

Copyright compliance: the indie publisher’s dilemma Whether we are publishing our own book in print or in an electronic format, creating a blog, producing a YouTube video, writing an article as a freelancer, contributing to another’s blog, linking to others’ content or embedding it into our work, inevitably we are faced with hard questions regarding […]

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Misguided Assumption About Photo Copy...

May 7, 2013 Written by The Copyright Detective
Misguided Assumption About Photo Copyright: I can publish because I bought it, paid someone to take it, found it, have it in hand

In deciding on photos to include in our blog, our memoir, on our social networking sites, or on the cover of our historical novel or how-to book, we should always consider the following points in determining the wisdom of our choices. Buying an original Ansel Adams photograph, paying a photographer to take a photo of […]

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