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Sinopse
Free podcast hosted by noted literary and intellectual property lawyer and author of Copyright Companion for Writers and Literary Law Guide for Authors: Copyright, Trademark and Contracts in Plain Language, Professor Tonya M. Evans. In a lively and engaging format, Tonya delivers key information and hot topics about copyright, trademark, publishing and other contracts and more to writers at every level of their writing career. She also fields questions commonly asked by writers and her clients, and provides answers and real life examples to bring challenging issues to life so that writers can protect and prosper from their work.
Episódios
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Podcast #1: 9 Things Every Writer MUST Know About the Law
19/10/2009In this podcast, leading literary and intellectual property attorney, Professor Tonya M. Evans, presents the 9 things every writer must know in order to protect their valuable rights and to avoid unknowingly infringing on the rights of others.
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Podcast #2: Dispelling the Poor Man's Copyright Myth
19/10/2009In this podcast, leading literary and intellectual property attorney, Professor Tonya M. Evans, discusses what the poor man's copyright is and why it is really a myth.
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Podcast #3: The Frey Memoir Controversy: Is Memoir Fact or Fiction?
19/10/2009In this podcast, leading literary and intellectual property attorney, Professor Tonya M. Evans, discusses the James Frey/Oprah memoir fiasco and explores the definition of memoir and part one of how to write about real life and events.
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Podcast #4: Writing About Real People & Experiences
19/10/2009In this podcast, leading literary and intellectual property attorney, Professor Tonya M. Evans, discusses the most important laws that non-fiction writers face when writing about real people and events libel, right of publicity and right of privacy.
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Podcast #5: The Plague of Plagiarism
19/10/2009In this podcast, leading literary and intellectual property attorney, Professor Tonya M. Evans, explores the rash of plagiarism in book publishing, including the Kaavya Viswanathan controversy.
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Podcast #6: Copyright in the Digital Age
19/10/2009In this podcast, leading literary and intellectual property attorney, Professor Tonya M. Evans, explores how technological advances like digital technology and the Internet challenge existing copyright law and how writers and other creative people can protect their literary and artistic works on the World Wide Web.
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Podcast #7: Orphan Works: Using Other People's Work When It's Difficult to Find the Copyright Owner
19/10/2009In this episode, noted intellectual property and publishing lawyer Professor Tonya Evans discusses whether it is OK to use other people's copyrighted work without permission when it is difficult or impossible to locate the owner. This issue is also known as the "orphan works" problem and was addressed recently by the Copyright Office and Congress.
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Podcast #8: Using Other People's Work (Fair Use)
19/10/2009In this episode, noted intellectual property and publishing lawyer Professor Tonya Evans discusses what copyright protects, what fair use is and how it is different from "public domain." Learn when you need permission to use copyrighted materials owned by others in your work.