- February 1, 2012Co-author Gerald M. Levine Once in the public domain content (which includes characters) is free; to copy or create derivative…
- January 25, 2012Co-author, Gerald M. Levine Claiming joint ownership of copyright signifies a collaboration beyond making suggestions or performing editorial services. This…
- January 18, 2012Co-author Gerald M. Levine In agreeing to publish a work publishers typically demand author "grant and assign" an exclusive license…
- January 4, 2012Co-Author Gerald M. Levine What better to start the New Year than with grimy tales about authors, literary agents and…
- December 28, 2011Co-author Gerald M. Levine Agency agreements are not forever which is the reason to be concerned about their terms. There…
- December 21, 2011There are publishers in the traditional sense who curate the books they publish and there are companies that provide printing…
- December 14, 2011Gerald M. Levine, Co-author Authors control the rights to their works until they agree to exclusive licenses for all or…
- December 6, 2011What do trademarks have to do with authorship? Trademarks signify sources of production. The question come up with authors producing…
- November 29, 2011Co-author Gerald M. Levine Unprotected elements in a copyrighted work affects the copyrightability of those elements alone. The copyright does…
- November 22, 2011To be protected by copyright, to have copyrightability, requires a certain degree of creativity. The Copyright Clause of the U.S.…
- November 15, 2011Publishers typically demand rights for the duration of copyright although the shelf life of the licensed work is likely to…
- November 10, 2011Co-author Gerald M. Levine Titles, Words and Short Phrases are not copyrightable although contextualized they may become so. The answer…