Law and Authors

Jacqueline D. Lipton is an internationally recognized professor of law, a consultant, and a literary agent who has published widely on contract, copyright, and trademark law, cyberlaw, privacy, and defamation issues, with an emphasis on laws relating to the publishing industry. She is the coauthor of multiple editions of leading cyberspace casebook Cyberspace Law: Cases and Materials and coauthor of The Criminal Law of Intellectual Property and Information. She also authored Rethinking Cyberlaw; Internet Domain Names, Trademarks, and Free Speech; and Security over Intangible Property.

Acknowledgments 

Introduction 
Setting the Stage: A Primer on the Law for Writers

1. Copyright Basics 
Ownership, Registration, the Public Domain, and Creative Commons
2. Know Your (Copy)Rights 
Understanding Your Rights and Protecting Your Work
3. Writing for Someone Else 
Ghostwriting, Freelancing, “IP,” and Works for Hire
4. Fair Use Basics 
5. Specific Fair Uses 
Parody, Fanfiction, and Educational Use
6. Contracts with Agents and Publishing Houses 
7. Self-Publishing Contracts 
8. Protecting Your Author Brand 
Trademark Basics
9. Writing about Real People 
Privacy Law
10. Damaging Someone’s Reputation 
Defamation Law
11. Marketing and Social Media 
Websites, Blogs, Book Trailers, Social Networking, and More
12. Photographs, Illustrations, and Other Artwork 
13. Finding Additional Help 

Notes 
Index