The Copyright Handbook - 16th Edition by Stephen Fishman (Paperback)

About the Book

This is the most
complete, well-researched guide for aw for writers, other creators, and anyone
seeking to understand copyright law.

Book Synopsis

If you're a writer or other content creator, your copyrights are precious assets. The Copyright Handbook shows you how to protect and profit from your creative works and avoid infringing on anyone else's copyrights. Understanding copyright law is especially important in the age of AI-created works and the use of copyrighted works to train AI models. Find information and forms to help you:

• learn what works copyright law does and doesn't protect


• register your work with the Copyright Office


• understand fair use


• get permission to use others' copyrighted works


• deal with infringers, online and off


• transfer ownership of a copyright, and


• profit from your copyright.

The 16th edition is updated with key court decisions and emerging rules in order to provide the latest guidance on registering and protecting your work.

With Downloadable Forms: Essential forms and agreements including a Copyright Assignment, Work-Made-for-Hire Agreement, Collaboration Agreement, and Permission Agreement are available for download (details inside).

Review Quotes

"A thorough (and thoroughly enjoyable) discussion of the subject of copyright law as it applies to writers." Writer's Market

"Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is usually only for a limited time. The exclusive rights are not absolute but limited by limitations and exceptions to copyright law, including fair use. A major limitation on copyright is that copyright protects only the original expression of ideas, and not the underlying ideas themselves. Now in a fully updated thirteenth edition, "The Copyright Handbook: What Every Writer Needs to Know" fully lives up to its full title and provides writers with all the information needed to protect their work from infringement, plagiarism, counterfeiting, or unauthorized exploitation. Compiled, written, organized and presented by Stephen Fishman (who has dedicated his career as an attorney and author to writing useful, authoritative and recognized guides on taxes and business law for entrepreneurs, independent contractors, freelancers and other self-employed people, as well as books on copyright law and the public domain) shows writers how to: register literary work; maximize copyright protection; transfer ownership of copyright; avoid infringement; deal with infringers; understand the "fair use" rule; obtain permission to use copyrighted work; profit from copyright. Of special note is the inclusion of downloadable forms ... . Simply stated, "The Copyright Handbook" is an essential, core addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Writing/Publishing instructional reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists." James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, The Midwest Book Review

"For anyone who creates written works...The Copyright Handbook is as essential as a dictionary." Business Life