Law and Authors

A Legal Handbook for Writers

Jacqueline D. Lipton

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University of California Press
04 August 2020

Writing & editing guides; Language Teaching (non-ELT); Intellectual property law; Copyright law; Advice on careers & achieving success

Everything a writer needs to know about the law.

This accessible, reader-friendly handbook will be an invaluable resource for authors, agents, and editors in navigating the legal landscape of the contemporary publishing industry. Drawing on a wealth of experience in legal scholarship and publishing, Jacqueline D. Lipton provides a useful legal guide for writers whatever their levels of expertise or categories of work (fiction, nonfiction, or academic). Through case studies and hypothetical examples, Law and Authors addresses issues of copyright law, including explanations of fair use and the public domain; trademark and branding concerns for those embarking on a publishing career; laws that impact the ways that authors might use social media and marketing promotions; and privacy and defamation questions that writers may face. Although the book focuses on American law, it highlights key areas where laws in other countries differ from those in the United States. Law and Authors will prepare every writer for the inevitable and the unexpected.

By: Jacqueline D. Lipton
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780520301818
ISBN 10: 0520301811
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 04 August 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction Setting the Stage: A Primer on the Law for Writers 1. Copyright Basics Ownership, Registration, the Public Domain, and Creative Commons 2. Know Your (Copy)Rights Understanding Your Rights and Protecting Your Work 3. Writing for Someone Else Ghostwriting, Freelancing, “IP,” and Works for Hire 4. Fair Use Basics 5. Specific Fair Uses Parody, Fanfiction, and Educational Use 6. Contracts with Agents and Publishing Houses 7. Self-Publishing Contracts 8. Protecting Your Author Brand Trademark Basics 9. Writing about Real People Privacy Law 10. Damaging Someone’s Reputation Defamation Law 11. Marketing and Social Media Websites, Blogs, Book Trailers, Social Networking, and More 12. Photographs, Illustrations, and Other Artwork 13. Finding Additional Help Notes Index

Jacqueline D. Lipton is an internationally recognized professor of law, a consultant, and a literary agent who has published widely on contract, copyright, and trademark law, cyberlaw, privacy, and defamation issues, with an emphasis on laws relating to the publishing industry. She is the coauthor of multiple editions of leading cyberspace casebook Cyberspace Law: Cases and Materials and coauthor of The Criminal Law of Intellectual Property and Information. She also authored Rethinking Cyberlaw; Internet Domain Names, Trademarks, and Free Speech; and Security over Intangible Property.

Reviews for Law and Authors: A Legal Handbook for Writers

""Law and Authors is a very well-written book that should satisfy the needs of most writers in understanding the basics of publishing law."" * Publishing Research Quarterly *