Author: Mark A. Fischer Publisher: Wolters Kluwer ISBN: 0735567182 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 1618
Book Description
This valuable handbook covers the relations between writer/publisher and publisher/public, including the latest approaches to clearing text for libel, privacy, and related legal exposure, contracts, negotiating royalties, advances, options, writer's warranty, subsidiary rights splits; intellectual property issues, including electronic publishing and software, trademark and copyright law, filing procedures; antitrust issues; with expert analysis on numerous other topics. By Mark A. Fischer, E. Gabriel Perle and John Taylor Williams. Perle, Williams and& Fischer on Publishing Law, Fourth Edition describes contract and problem issues commonly encountered in negotiating royalties, advances, options, writer's warranty, subsidiary rights splits, and much more. You'll also find intellectual property issues as they affect publishing, including electronic publishing and software, trademark and copyright law, filing procedures, antitrust issues, and more, including: Extensive coverage of copyright issues including fair use, duration and ownership. International considerations in publishing including coverage of conventions and treaties. The authors also look at international issues involved in contract drafting. Complete coverage of moral rights, what they are and how they are treated both domestically and internationally. An overview of how antitrust laws in the US impact publishing rights. Publishing contracts are examined in depth. Given that the publishing landscape now includes eBooks, periodicals, traditional print and multimedia considerations, drafting an effective contract has become even more important. The authors explore this topic in great detail. And much more.
Author: E. Gabriel Perle Publisher: Wolters Kluwer ISBN: 0735504482 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 1954
Book Description
This valuable handbook covers the latest approaches to relations between writer/publisher and publisher/public including timely and practical advice on clearing text for libel, privacy, and related legal exposure. Perle & Williams on Publishing Law, Third Edition describes contract and problem issues commonly encountered in negotiating royalties, advances, options, writer's warranty, subsidiary rights splits, and much more. You'll also find intellectual property issues as they affect publishing, including electronic publishing and software, trademark and copyright law, filing procedures, antitrust issues, and more, including: Practical and useful model agreements save hours of drafting time Nearly 50 detailed checklists interwoven throughout identify specific factors that should be considered when analyzing materials for legal implications Sample forms with line by line instructions give you the necessary tools to file properly Practical tips to successfully negotiate contracts and issues such as royalties, advances, options, writers warranty and more.
Author: E. Gabriel Perle Publisher: Aspen Publishers ISBN: 9780137395255 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 4332
Book Description
This comprehensive guide offers publishing executives, counsel, editors, and writers a complete analysis of key legal issues they are likely to face day-to-day and includes over 35 detailed checklists. It is particularly valuable for its insightful coverage of recent issues and new developments in such hot areas as the effects of GATT and NAFTA, audio rights, electronic publishing, and recent fair use decisions. Volume I of THE PUBLISHING LAW HANDBOOK is devoted to writer/publisher and publisher/public relations issues. the authors take you through contract issues and analyze problems commonly encountered in negotiating royalties, advances, options, writer's warranty, and subsidiary rights splits. Volume II analyzes intellectual property issues, including trademark and copyright law and filing procedures. the text is replete with case law examples illustrating how the incorporation of trademarks, the juxtaposition of illustrations and text, or a careless inaccuracy in quotations have exposed publishers to lawsuits and liability, as well as how a defensive strategy can strengthen the publisher's position.
Author: The JAMA Network Editors Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190246596 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 1164
Book Description
The AMA Manual of Style is a must-have resource for anyone involved in medical, health, and scientific publishing. Written by an expert committee of JAMA Network editors, this latest edition addresses issues that face authors, editors, and publishers in the digital age. Extensive updates are included in the References chapter, with examples of how to cite digital publications, preprints, databases, data repositories, podcasts, apps and interactive games, and social media. Full-color examples grace the chapter on data display, with newer types of graphic presentations and updated guidance on formatting tables and figures. The manual thoroughly covers ethical and legal issues such as authorship, conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, intellectual property, open access and public access, and corrections. The Usage chapter has been revised to bring the manual up-to-date on word choice, especially in writing about individuals with diseases or conditions and from various socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and sexual orientation populations. Specific nomenclature entries in many disciplines are presented to guide users in issues of diction, formatting, and preferred terminology. Guidance on numbers, SI units, and math has been updated, and the section on statistics and study design has undergone a major expansion. In sum, the answer to nearly any issue facing a writer or editor in medicine, health care, and related disciplines can be found in the 11th edition of the AMA Manual of Style. Available for institutional purchase or subscription or individual subscription. Visit AMAManualofStyle.com or contact your sales rep for more details.
Author: Roy Kaufman Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190451262 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 480
Book Description
Publishing continues to be a major industry worldwide, and this book is designed to assist the thousands of entities that regularly contract into a variety of agreements and need advice in drafting or negotiating the best terms for a deal, or otherwise employing or understanding specific terms used. This book-written and compiled by the in-house counsel of a major publishing house-offers more than 80 forms and templates of all of the major agreements regularly encountered by a publishing company, with strategic commentary on their use. Topics covered include book publishing, periodical publishing, electronic publishing, litigation/litigation avoidance, e-commerce and permissions/subsidiary rights. Each chapter begins with introductory text setting forth key issues and other insights, and then presents the related forms, which in turn are accompanied by drafting and negotiating tips. An accompanying CD-ROM to the book contains all of the forms in electronic format, which can easily be modified for the customer's use.
Author: Susan Dudley Gold Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1627123997 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 146
Book Description
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees a free press and free speech. In this fascinating book, award-winning author Susan Dudley Gold explores the issues involved when the state of New York attempted to override the free speech rights of criminals in an effort to compensate their victims. The case and its ramifications, described in a clear and entertaining narrative, demonstrate the sanctity of the First Amendment, even when protecting the rights of wrongdoers, and how government interference with free speech affects all citizens.
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