Title The creative artist's legal guide : copyright, trademark, and contracts in film and digital media production / Bill Seiter and Ellen Seiter.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations
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Summary	"In today's complex media environment, aspiring filmmakers and new media artists are as vulnerable as swimmers in shark-infested waters. This user-friendly guide supplies creative artists with the essential legal concepts needed to swim safely with lawyers, agents, executives, and other experts in intellectual property and business law. How do I copyright my screenplay? How can I clear rights for my film project? What can I do to avoid legal trouble when I produce my mockumentary? How do I ascertain whether a vintage novel is in the public domain? Is the trademark I've invented for my production company available? What about copyright and trademark rights overseas? If I upload my film to YouTube, do I give up any rights?Bill Seiter and Ellen Seiter answer these questions and countless others while also demystifying the fundamental principles of intellectual property. Clear and thorough, this plain-spoken and practical guide is essential for anyone seeking to navigate the rapidly changing media environment of today"--Provided by publisher.
	"User-friendly guide explains intellectual property law as it applies to fiction, screenwriting, all forms of filmmaking from celluloid to digital, animation, video gaming and other creative media"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Copyright -- Trademarks -- Terms and conditions -- Contracts -- Rights of privacy and publicity -- Internet and new media -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: How to register a copyright -- Appendix 2: How to register a trademark.
Subject	Intellectual property -- United States.
	Copyright and electronic data processing -- United States.
	Digital media -- Law and legislation -- United States.
	Copyright -- United States.
	Trademarks -- Law and legislation -- United States.
	Copyright -- Fictitious characters -- United States.
	Contracts -- United States.
	Fair use (Copyright) -- United States.
	LAW -- Intellectual Property -- Copyright.
	LAW -- Intellectual Property -- Trademark.
	LAW -- Intellectual Property -- General.
	LAW -- Entertainment.
	LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
	Contracts. (OCoLC)fst00876969
	Copyright. (OCoLC)fst00878706
	Copyright and electronic data processing. (OCoLC)fst00878783
	Copyright -- Fictitious characters. (OCoLC)fst00878732
	Digital media -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01766035
	Fair use (Copyright) (OCoLC)fst00919859
	Intellectual property. (OCoLC)fst00975774
	Trademarks -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01153903
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Seiter, Ellen, 1957- author.
Other Form:	Print version: Seiter, William J., 1953- Creative artist's legal guide. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012 9780300161199 (DLC) 2011052838 (OCoLC)759174452
ISBN	0300183542 (electronic bk.)
	9780300183542 (electronic bk.)

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