In my day job as a publishing lawyer, I often get asked how copyright impacts an author’s ability to use a specific setting in works of fiction. Like many other copyright questions (and, honestly, every other question a lawyer gets asked), the answer is “it depends.” Fortunately, the applicable rules are fairly straightforward and easy to analyze. The…
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Respect for the Law…and Copyright…Starts at Home
By Susan Spann In the digital age, it’s easy to break the law and call it “harmless.” For example: …Copying a photograph or an inspirational piece of art from someone else’s website. …Re-blogging a blog post without obtaining the author’s permission in advance. …Downloading pirated ebooks, songs, or videos off the Internet, because after all…those people make tons…