THE TRADE SECRETS TM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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TIMOTHY B. MCCORMACK
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ALSO BY TIMOTHY B. MCCORMACK
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IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR KEITH AOKI NOV 8, 1955 TO APRIL 26, 2011
INTRODUCTION This book is good for business owners, judges, law makers, inventors and creative people like photographers, artists and web designers. Page |1
To keep the work interesting and fresh many examples and illustrations are used. You will read about internet zombies, trolls, pirates as well as gay comic book heroes and science fiction fans that dress up like the movie characters they love.
Fan Dressed As “Gay� Storm Trooper
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Topics in the book range from copyright infringement liability (who is on the “hook”) to avoiding the same! The book is divided into two main parts. The first half of the book focuses on “Staying out of Trouble.” That is to say, understanding copyright law helps avoid being a copyright infringer. The second half of the book focuses on how artists, photographers, web designers and other creative people and companies can protect their creative works.
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P ART 1 S TAYING O UT
OF
T ROUBLE
Copyrights can be tricky business. There are many misconceptions about what this law is and how it works. Using examples we will help to break these myths down and shed light into the darkest corners of copyright law.
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Danger Will Robison! Danger! Beware of Copyrights!
*Image used with permission.
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PART 2 COPYRIGHT DEFENSES Copyright defenses are one of the most misunderstood aspects of copyright law. In this part of the book we shed light on defenses like: “I just copied a little bit” (which sometimes works). We also look at the so called “right click” defense and the granddaddy of all defenses the “fair use doctrine.”
PART 3 PROTECTING CREATIVE WORKS This part of the book focuses on how an artist or creative person or business can best protect their creative works. This includes the Page |6
contract used when hiring an artist, properly licensing images and copyright registrations.
CREATIVE COMMONS This Book & Video Series is licensed under the Creative Commons. Feel free to copy and distribute it for non-commercial uses. Please give the author credit and please don’t change it. The series is divided into chapters that will be fully published when done. Until then it will be released in sections.
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KEY TO REFERNECE ICONS
TRADE SECRETS VIDEO SEGMENT
WORLD WIDE WEB REFERENCE
COPYRIGHT COW COLUMN SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER
Throughout the book you will see icons indicating other reference material. Follow the hyperlinks to see related videos and read related articles or view source documents.
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