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A Hands-on How-to in Plain English, July 4, 2007
This review is from: The Permission Seeker's Guide Through the Legal Jungle: Clearing Copyrights, Trademarks and Other Rights for Entertainment and Media Productions (Guide Through the Legal Jungle) (Paperback)
When deciding whether a book is worth the effort of reading, the first thing I do is look at the table of contents. The second thing I look at is the index. Turning to the table of contents, I discovered that the author begins with a summary of contents listing the chapters, and then sets out a detailed table of contents listing each numbered section of each chapter. This format is standard for law school texts and legal practice manuals, and the detailed table of contents can send you directly to topics of burning interest without having to search for them, either in the index or by thumbing through scanning the first sentence of paragraphs. When I turned to the index, I found that it, like the indices for most law books, is somewhat skimpy.
Because the book is formatted like a law school text or legal practice manual, I was afraid it might be written in the dry, prolix style of law school textbooks. It isn't. It is written in plain, colloquial English, and the concepts are explained in lucid fashion. Another helpful feature is the generous cross-referencing done in the text. Because the author presupposes that you are probably going to use the detailed table of contents to go directly to your area of interest without reading the book cover-to-cover, whenever she uses a term or mentions a concept that you might not understand, she cross-references you to the section where it is discussed in detail. She also includes an appendix of forms for use in conjunction with your quest for permission to use (and use of) copyrighted materials.
I have read a number of books on copyright, getting permission, and the public domain, but I have not found one as user-friendly or as enjoyable to read as this one.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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CREATIVITY AND COPYRIGHTS, July 21, 2007
This review is from: The Permission Seeker's Guide Through the Legal Jungle: Clearing Copyrights, Trademarks and Other Rights for Entertainment and Media Productions (Guide Through the Legal Jungle) (Paperback)
Publishers, Writers, Visual Artists, Musicians, Film, TV, Website Producers, online entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in protecting themselves from infringing on the copyrighted material or trademarks of others, - may find this well-written book helpful.
The author's analysis and checklists offer ways to minimize infringement risks in media productions. The rights clearance process is explained.
A timely book. Recommended reading for beginning to learn about how to get permission to use specific materials. Some basic relevant laws are included.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A must-have reference for anyone needing to make sense of the fine print for entertainment media, July 20, 2007
This review is from: The Permission Seeker's Guide Through the Legal Jungle: Clearing Copyrights, Trademarks and Other Rights for Entertainment and Media Productions (Guide Through the Legal Jungle) (Paperback)
I work in an Entertainment Media college where I run the student portal where we publish information and news stories that pertain to the world of entertainment media. I also have been a blogger for five years and recently I founded TuDiabetes.com, an online community for people touched by diabetes. So I am familiar with challenges that a publisher faces when trying to use certain assets for a publication and the permissions that are needed for doing this, and I have also had numerous interviews with attorneys specialized in the topic of intellectual property applied to this specific space.
When I learned about this title by Joy Butler I couldn't imagine a better fit for anybody needing to make sense of the "fine print" in entertainment media. Whether you are an artist, writer, publisher, producer or simply knowing what you can or cannot do to make sure you don't run into dangerous territory with regards to the use of media, this book is for you.
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If you are someone who wants to use the intellectual property of another for financial gain, then this book is for you!
This book is written for publishers, writers, visual artists, muscians, music producers, film & TV producers, producers of Web sites and software, people, celebrities, and...
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Published on September 15, 2007 by Jeff Lippincott
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