Screenplay Copyright
Screenplay writers will have heard of the need to copyright their work, often because they’re paranoid that unscrupulous individuals may wish to steal their work. It does happen, but it’s rare. Go and Google copyright theft and you won’t find too many live and proved cases. The real problem is after your screenplay has been [...]
Get Paid To Write Online Gets Interviewed
I’ve been writing about copyright for a long time. In fact, two of my early articles on this blog’s predecessor were titled Copyright: rent, don’t sell and Copyrights and copy wrongs. You could call it a recurring obsession. Now, I’ve been talking about copyright again, but this time it’s to Sologig News. Jeremy Schnitker emailed [...]
Making It As A Freelance Writer – Tip #8 – Copyright: rent, don’t sell
Copyright protected works (see the previous tip for a definition) are known as intellectual property. Intellectual property is a bit like real estate – it can be bought, sold, transferred and inherited, though only with your written permission. The key thing to remember as a freelance writer is that ideas themselves are not protected but [...]
Making It As A Freelance Writer – Tip #7 – Copyrights and copy wrongs
As a freelance writer, you’ll need to be aware of the legal protection your work enjoys so you don’t sign away rights that you should retain. Here are some some key aspects of UK copyright law you should be aware of. In the UK, copyright is an automatic and unregistered right. That means there’s no [...]
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