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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Can I Use a Photograph of Scarlett Johansson on the Cover of My E-Book?

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Let's say I've written a memoir that I'm planning to self-publish. And let's say I've also decided that, on my book cov...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Can I (Successfully) Be Sued for My Scathing, Cruel, Factually Misleading (but Very Witty) Review of Your Book?

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In a television appearance on the Dick Cavett Show in 1980, the novelist Mary McCarthy was asked which writers she regarded as overrated. M...
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Monday, September 12, 2011

"Any Damn Fool Can Be Accurate -- and Dull": Can I Be Liable to My Readers for Lying About Myself?

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In 1929, actress Joan Lowell published a memoir of her childhood entitled  The Cradle of the Deep . According to The Los Angeles Time s , L...
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Monday, July 4, 2011

The Unoriginal Sin: Differences Between Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement

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Plagiarism, which many people commonly think has to do with copyright, is not in fact a legal doctrine. True plagiarism is an ethical, not a...
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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Cultivating a Healthy Loathing for "Work Made for Hire" Agreements

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The "work made for hire" clause is the bete noire of freelance writers.  While the clause is frequently very unfair to authors, it...
Saturday, April 30, 2011

The Agent from Hell and the Top Six Scams Targeting Writers

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Pity the poor writers who chose the Deering Literary Agency of Nicholasville, Kentucky, to represent them. According to  The Seattle Times ,...
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