Publishing
- December 14, 2011
Gerald M. Levine, Co-author Authors control the rights to their works until they agree to exclusive licenses for all or…
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Co-author Gerald M. Levine Unprotected elements in a copyrighted work affects the copyrightability of those elements alone. The copyright does…
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Publishers typically demand rights for the duration of copyright although the shelf life of the licensed work is likely to…
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I am planning on self publishing through an e-book service. Will my rights be transferred to the publisher by means…
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Co-author Gerald M. Levine There are a number of hidden perils of publishing contracts that are essentially terms to control…
- October 20, 2011
I am planning on submitting a book manuscript to publishers. Is it permissible to place a copyright notice on the…
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Co-author Gerald M. Levine Copyright protection extends to expressive material. Strings of effectively arranged letters, words, phrases, clauses, sentences and…
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Co-author Gerald M. Levine The dead are beyond suing but wariness about the living in recollecting the past should not…
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I recently reviewed a manuscript of a non-fiction, semi-scholarly work analyzing images of historical prophesy (tarot) cards. The author explained…
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A number of Guild members have asked me about the Google Settlement. Those who opted in saw an opportunity for…
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About electronic rights" there are two fundamental questions: What are electronic rights? And, Should an author grant or retain them?…
, - January 30, 2011
There is a difference between contracts offered by traditional publishers and contracts by printers that resemble but are not publishing…
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