So, you turned the work in on time. Or your book or photo or article has been published — and the expected checks and statements haven’t arrived. The path from submission to payment can be labyrinthine, but for the purposes of this article (getting paid what’s due), we’re going to skip through all of those gnarly [...]
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Show Me the Money: Getting What’s Due
Posted in Business Issues, Copyrights and Contracts, Freelancing on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fair Use
Posted in Business Issues, Copyrights and Contracts, tagged Fair Use, US Copyright Act on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Internet has turned Copyright on its ear. Our U.S. Copyright Act is not the most creator-friendly legislation one could imagine. While big companies — the ones that buy up the rights to popular songs and cartoon characters — have been able to use it very effectively, the protections it offers small-scale individual creators is [...]
Vanity Surfing: Who’s Stealing Your Stuff?
Posted in Business Issues, Copyrights and Contracts, Freelancing, Internet Issues, Writing, tagged Copyright, copyright violation, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, plagiarism on August 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
People are stealing your stuff. They are stealing your words and your pictures, your songs and your performances, and they are using them and even reselling them all over the Web. Don’t believe me? Do a little vanity surfing… If you’ve got a body of work that has gotten out to the public, chances are that some of [...]
