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Fair Use in Copyright Law by Jacqui Lipton

Copyright Infringement? Now we come to the blog post I least wanted to write because I like to be able to at least take a stab at giving clear answers to author’s questions, and there are very few clear answers in American fair use law. Not many lawyers, or even law professors like me, can …

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Free vs Free: The Public Domain and the Creative Commons by Jacqui Lipton

Many authors are confused by the difference between the public domain and the creative commons. This is not surprising because both the public domain and creative commons licenses allow you to use other people’s work (music, video, text, photographs etc.) for free. However, being free of charge is not the same as being free of …

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Free vs Free: The Public Domain and the Creative Commons by Jacqueline Lipton

Many authors are confused by the difference between the public domain and the creative commons. This is not surprising because both the public domain and creative commons licenses allow you to use other people’s work (music, video, text, photographs etc.) for free. However, being free of charge is not the same as being free of …

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Copyright Pop Quiz: Law for Authors by Jacqueline Lipton

In anticipation of the Legal Issues for Authors Webinar on April 6, I thought it might be fun to have a copyright pop quiz so everyone can test their familiarity with the law that most affects authors and creative artists. SPOILER ALERT: I’ll be talking a lot about copyright on April 6! I’m going to …