by Neal Swain, subsidiary rights & licensing manager, University of California Press
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, particularly if their work...
By Martha Buskirk, author of Is It Ours? Art, Copyright, and Public Interest
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What’s art, and who decides? Some might say this is a question best left to the theoreticians, yet oft...
by Howard Suber, author of Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative Artists
In 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 copyr...
by John Geiger, author of Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative Artists
This 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...
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 expl...
By John L. Geiger, co-author of Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative Artists
A 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 clai...
By John L. Geiger, co-author of Creativity and Copyright: Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative Artists
A 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, w...
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 ...