This post was originally published at Planetside, SFWA’s online magazine. Copyright is a complex subject about which there are many misconceptions. I was reminded of that this week, thanks to an email from an author who discovered that several of their books were included in one of the databases of pirated works used by theRead More The post Protecting Intellectual Property: What Writers Need to Know About Copyright appeared first on Writer Beware.| Writer Beware
A couple of years ago, while searching the US Copyright Office’s public copyright registration database on behalf of an author wanting to know if their copyright had been registered as required by their book contract, I decided on a whim to check my own copyright registrations. I hadn’t felt any need to do so before.Read More The post If Your Publisher Promised to Register Your Copyright, Check Your Registration Now appeared first on Writer Beware.| Writer Beware
Image: Shutterstock In July, the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) at the University of Ottawa filed an application in the Federal Court to expunge or amend a Canadian co…| Hugh Stephens Blog
