Stephen Fishman

If you work with words, you need this book. No writer likes to see their hard work or creativity copied by others--or to be accused of copying. Fortunately, The Copyright Handbook provides everything you need to protect yourself. Find information and forms to help you: learn what copyright law protects and doesn't; register your work with the Copyright Office; deal with infringers, online and off; transfer ownership of a copyright; get international...

Helps you find and identify what creative works are protected by copyright -- and what's not. The book also provides specific information about writings, music, art, photography, architecture, maps, choreography, movies and video, software, databases and collections. Includes information about the latest court decisions and the emergence of the "copyright commons" and hundreds of resources to help you find public-domain works.