Contracts
- May 11, 2016
Characters and Copyright Protection
Gerald M. Levine, co-author It would be unusual in a work of any genre for every part to be protected…
- April 24, 2016
Fair Contracts for Authors
Gerald M. Levine, co-author In May 2015, the Authors Guild announced its Fair Contract Initiative, and more recently the Internatioanl…
- February 5, 2015
The Role of Investors in Marketing Literary Works
The following article first appeared in Independent Publisher. The full text can also be read in full below. Co-Author Gerald…
- November 4, 2013
Internet Subscription Libraries
Co-author, Gerald M. Levine New Internet subscription libraries are offering to “lend” digital books based on subscription models that brick…
- October 30, 2013
Predictability Depends on the Panel You Draw
A general view formed early in the UDRP jurisprudence is that for predictability decisions "should consist of more than, it…
- October 7, 2013
Limits of Protected Speech
The question of protected speech is whether the protection is to the domain name or the contents of the website.…
- September 4, 2012
Consequences of an Unsatisfactory Manuscript
Co-author, Gerald M. Levine The traditional publishing process begins with an editor’s enthusiastic response to an author’s outline, proposal, and…
- April 10, 2012
Paying Authors for Their Work
Co-author Gerad M. Levine Whether money is the motive for writing – "[n]o man but a blockhead ever wrote, except…
- March 29, 2012
Licensing Work for a Collection
Co-author Gerald M. Levine Including a work in a collection or compilation depends on who owns the copyright and the…
- December 21, 2011
Pitfalls for Self Publishing Authors
There are publishers in the traditional sense who curate the books they publish and there are companies that provide printing…
- October 25, 2011
Self publishing With E-Book Publishers (Q & A)
I am planning on self publishing through an e-book service. Will my rights be transferred to the publisher by means…
- October 1, 2011
Copyright Protection Extends to Expressive Material
Co-author Gerald M. Levine Copyright protection extends to expressive material. Strings of effectively arranged letters, words, phrases, clauses, sentences and…