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The Very, Very Basics of Fair Use in Scholarly Publishing
Jun 05 2024
Copyright and fair use are not subjects that rivet a lot of people, but it’s necessary that an author planning to publish their work understands the fundamentals of both.
What’s art, and who decides?
Feb 12 2021
By Martha Buskirk, author of Is It Ours? Art, Copyright, and Public InterestThis guest post is part of our #CAA2021 conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit to learn more.What’s art, and who decides? Some might say this is a question best left to the theoreticians, yet often there ar
What Filmmakers Don’t Know About Copyright Can Kill Their Careers
Oct 27 2020
by Howard Suber, author of Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative ArtistsIn more than 50 years of teaching aspiring filmmakers in UCLA’s Department of Film, Television and New Media, I saw how often not knowing or misunderstanding key issues of copyright, colla
In the Classroom with Creativity and Copyright
Oct 20 2020
by John Geiger, author of Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative ArtistsThis is a true story. Last week I received a call from a screenwriter who had just read Creativity and Copyright: “This book should’ve been handed out with my MFA diploma!” I wa
UC Press Writing Guides: Writing and Law
Aug 10 2020
Essential for writers and lawyers working with writers, the following UC Press titles provide important information around the publishing industry, copyright, and legal communication. Law and AuthorsA Legal Handbook for Writersby Jacqueline D. Lipton"Jacqueline Lipton explains compli
Comedians in Cars Getting Ideas, Ops. 2: Ace in the Hole
Oct 29 2019
By John L. Geiger, co-author of Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative ArtistsA New York Federal District Court recently ruled in favor of comedian
Jerry Seinfeld by rejecting a copyright lawsuit brought by writer-director
Christian Charles, who claimed authors
Comedians in Cars Getting Ideas, Ops. 1: Timing is Everything in Comedy, in Litigation, and in Litigation about Comedy
Oct 11 2019
By John L. Geiger, co-author of Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative ArtistsA Federal District Court in New York recently ruled in favor of
comedian Jerry Seinfeld by rejecting a copyright lawsuit brought by writer-director
Christian Charles, who claimed
Copyright Law for Creatives: Critical Resources and New Developments
Jul 25 2019
Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative Artists provides critical resources on copyright law. Expert authors John L. Geiger, an intellectual property attorney and Howard Suber, a 50-year veteran of UCLA's film school, dissect the laws that govern creativity, idea-ma