Copyrights are important because they give artists control over how their work is used and shared. But what happens to those rights after the creator dies? Knowing the answer is important, not just for creators but also for their families, since these rights can still hold a lot of value long after someone passes away. What Happens to Copyrights After Death? When someone who … [Read more...] about What Happens to Copyrights After Death?
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What Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Means for Consumers
The US Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling this week. No, it wasn't about the death penalty, abortion, gay marriage, or gun control. It was about books. More specifically, it was about the right of first sale that allows consumers to sell a book when they have finished with it. This protection under copyright law essentially allows everyone from dusty used paperback … [Read more...] about What Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Means for Consumers
How to Build Your Own Book Scanner…But Should You?
A very interesting war is being waged on books. This time it isn't about publishers and the agency model or the stigma behind self-publishing. This war is actually about the right and wrong of consuming a book that a reader already owns. Format shifting, as it's being called by some, is taking one copyrighted item that has already been purchased and reformatting it to use … [Read more...] about How to Build Your Own Book Scanner…But Should You?
School Board Measure Considered to Steal Teachers’, Students’ Work
It's not an unusual policy to state that the rights to work created by an employee on company time and using company technology or materials is legally shared by the employee and the company. After all, the person who created the work, ideas, or invention was being compensated at the time, therefore, it is fairly standard that the two entities share the copyright. But a new … [Read more...] about School Board Measure Considered to Steal Teachers’, Students’ Work
Some Authors’ Backlist Titles Soon Up For Grabs
Jeff John Roberts posted an insightful piece for paidContentthat enlightens on a subject not many may know about: copyright law, more specifically, the part of copyright law that gives authors the rights to their books back after thirty-five years. While it’s not quite so simple as waving a magic wand over a calendar, the section of a 1978 copyright law was originally intended … [Read more...] about Some Authors’ Backlist Titles Soon Up For Grabs