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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
What Does a Strong Book Proposal Look Like? Editor Maura Roessner Takes Out the Guesswork
Jul 31 2020
Book proposals are wonderful tools to develop and help you clarify your thoughts, to find a way to express your thesis clearly and succinctly. It's also what you'll need to persuade a publishing house that your idea is a great fit for their press and their mission. This past spring, UC Press Sen