Articles for Writers and Publishers

Articles for Writers and Publishers:
Articles About Foreign Rights
Foreign Publishing Deals
Foreign Publishing Deals-Further Issues

Territorial Contract Restrictions
What Happens After Frankfurt?


Articles About Contracts
The Book Publisher's Legal Check List
The Permission Form

Are Your Invoices Legally Sufficient?
Giving Up Your Rights

The Ten Key Negotiating Points in an Author-Publisher Agreement
The Cover Artist/Illustrator Contract

The Book Editor Contract
Book Club Clauses in Publishing Contracts

The Interview Release
The Gap Trap

Warranty and Indemnity Clauses in Book Contracts
Unbundling The "Bundling" Clause in Computer Book Contracts

Cross-Collateralization in Publishing Contracts
Further Fallacies About Cross-Collateralization

Reversionary Rights in Book Contracts
The Peculiarities of Computer Book Contracts

Revised Edition Clauses In Book Contracts
The Problems With "Old" Publishing Contracts

Royalty Calculations In Book Contracts
Merchandising Rights In Book Contracts

Look Before You Sign: Restrictive Licenses
The Agency Agreement

Owned and Controlled Licenses
Private Laws

Publisher Liabilities to Authors and Others
Electronic Issues in Publishing Contracts

Out of Print Provisions in Book Contracts
Compilation Rights in Book Contracts

On Demand Printing Contract Provisions
"Standard" Contracts

Disclaimers
Subsidiary Rights Licensing

Subsidy Publishing Agreements
The Ghostwriter Agreement

Electronic Rights: The Supreme Court's "Tasini" Ruling
Licensing

"Next Book" Provisions in Publishing Contracts
A Legal Nightmare: The Unwritten License

Marketing Provisions in Book Contracts
Co-Author Issues in Book Contracts

Children's Book Publishing
Failure To Publish Provisions in Book Contracts

Precise Contract Language
Submitting Ideas

The Letter of Intent
The Independent Rep Agreement

Territorial Contract Restrictions
A Legal Nightmare: The Unwritten License: Further Issues

Screen Shot Liability for Computer Book Authors
Working Without A Signed Agreement

“Best Efforts” Clauses
Precise Contract Language--Again


Articles About Distribution
Apples and Oranges: An Analysis of Distribution Agreement
Distribution Agreements: Further Issues

Many Unhappy Returns


Articles About Copyrights
Who Shall Own The Copyright In A Book Publishing Agreement?
When Do Copyrights Expire?

Derivative Works
Do I Need to Register My Copyrights?

Work Made For Hire Agreements
Playboy and the Work Made for Hire Agreement

Screen Shot Liability for Computer Book Authors
Rights to Use Photographs

Termination of Transfers
Copyright Transfers

The Right to Transfer Copyright Licenses
Mere Facts vs. Protected Expression of Facts

The Protection of Fictional Characters
Scenes A Faire Under Copyright Law

Copyright in Compilations
Work Made For Hire Agreements: Further Issues

Copyright Infringement-Some Issues
Who Can Renew Older Copyrights?

A Legal Nightmare: The Unwritten License
A Legal Nightmare: The Unwritten License-Further Issues

Copyright Infringement: Further Issues
Joint Authors Under The Copyright Law


Articles About Fair Use Under the Copyright Law
Fair Use
Napster and Fair Use

Fair Use: Further, Further Issues
Fair Use: Further Issues

The Seinfeld and The Wind Done Gone Cases: Studies in Fair Use
"Beanie Babies" Collector's Guide: Another Study in Fair Use

Screen Shot Liability for Computer Book Authors
Fair Use-Even More Issues

Fair Use: Unpublished Works


Miscellaneous Topics
The Publishing Audit
In Bed Together: The Problems Of Collaboration

Protection Of Book Titles
Electronic Publishing and the Potential Loss of First Serial Rights

Handling Unsolicited Material
Electronic Rights

The Web Site Audit Check List
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

Publishers Liability Insurance
Verifiable Parental Consent Under COPPA

Rights of Privacy: An Overview
Online Liability Insurance

Pen Names
The Protection of "Trade Dress"

Defamation
The California Anti-Spam Law

Defamation on the Internet
The Federal Can Spam Law

The Do It Yourself Publishing Lawyer
Advertising Slogans: Fact vs. Puffing