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Phoenix Comicon Badge Art Being Ripped Off
Picture from my 2012 Phoenix Comicon Badge I recently wrote a post about copyright, fair use, and fan fiction and I did an analysis of Marty Freetage’s artwork that was on the badges for Phoenix...
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DMCA Takedown FTW: The Follow-up
Don’t Steal by Uncleweed Last week I posted a blog about my experience sending a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice to Google. A few questions have come up since I put up the post,...
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Choose Your Strategy to Protect Your Work Before Posting it on the Internet
My artwork for Dans office by Romers from Flickr A friend recently asked me about a common situation her clients face. They are artists who, before the internet, could only show their work to a large...
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Update on Registering the Copyright in your Blog
Library of Congress by ctj71081 from Flickr – Where your work goes when you register it with the U.S. Copyright Office. I’ve been a proponent of registering your copyright in your blog every three...
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New Stance on Blog Copyright Registration
Hey you! by QuinnDombrowski from Flickr Grrr . . . It seems like every time I call the Copyright Office with a question about blog copyrights, I have to change my stance on how and whether anyone...
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To Watermark or Not To Watermark
How to Create a Watermark in Photoshop by Michele M. F. from Flickr (Creative Commons License) I was recently asked to talk about whether there are benefits to putting a watermark on your photos before...
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U.S. Copyright Office is Raising its Filing Fees on May 1, 2014
Burning Nature by Vinoth Chandar from Flickr (Creative Commons License) Last week, the U.S. Copyright Office announced that it is raising its fees to register your work. Effective May 1, 2014, the cost...
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Register Your Copyright Before You Self-Publish
Eero facepalmaa by Tuomas Puikkonen from Flickr (Creative Commons License) A few days ago, a friend and fellow author posted on Facebook that someone put his book online as a free download without his...
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Copyright FAQs
Large Copyright Graffiti Sign on Cream Colored Wall by Horia Varlan from Flickr (Creative Commons License) When I speak, I often refer to previous blog posts as potential resources for attendees. I...
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How to Find a Registered Copyright
“Looking For Clues” by Casey Fleser from Flickr (Creative Commons License) There are many reasons why you might want to search for a registered copyright, including to verify that a work was...
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