Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off
By Richard Stim
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About this ebook
Online or off, before you use some or all of a song, photo, book, or any other work covered by copyright law, you need to get permission first. If you don’t, you could end up facing legal action from the rights-holder.
This easy-to-use book shows you how to get the rights you need, with step-by-step instructions and more than 30 forms. Find out when permission is required, who to ask, and when (and how much) you can expect to pay. Getting Permission explains:
- the copyright permission process
- the public domain (“free” content)
- how to figure out who owns a copyright
- website permissions
- the “fair use” rule
- school-related permissions
- license and merchandise agreements (including sample contracts and other forms)
- and much more.
This edition is updated with summaries of recent copyright and fair use cases, as well as dozens of real-life questions from the Dear Rich permissions blog.
All forms are downloadable through a special link in the book.
Richard Stim
Attorney Richard Stim specializes in small business, copyright, patents, and trademark issues. He is the author of many Nolo books, including Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business, Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference, and Profit From Your Idea. Stim regularly answers readers' intellectual property questions at Dear Rich: An Intellectual Property Blog.
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Reviews for Getting Permission
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bigger and better than the last edition. Really! I also own the 3rd edition and wondered how Rich Stim could improve on it, save by updating a few web links. Try "Dear Rich"! This volume ads a whole raft of 'letters to the Editor' wherein very plausible situations are presented and the author gives his considered opinion on the outcome. These are not just a 'consult a lawyer' answers; they explain in a nutshell the governing law and what might happen going forward. These are worth the price of the new edition alone, not to mention the additional material and, to me, a more 'flowing' arrangement of the book. If you create ANYTHING for distribution to others (brochures, shoes, websites or whatever), you really should get this book. It will 'save your bacon' if you use it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I am working at putting together some supplemental materials that I hope local schools will be able to use in their classrooms to boost student interest in history and the humanities. I have freely used images that I have “borrowed’ from websites and books for papers and presentations that I have produced for my college assignments with full confidence that I was safely in the limits of “fair use”. Even though I have no plan to profit from this project I was unsure if these productions would still be considered “fair use”. When I offered to review NOLO’s Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off I felt that I had a real, although limited, need for the information.I was right in that I had a real need for the book; I was wrong thinking the need was limited. From the first chapter on why permission is needed to use intellectual property to the final chapter, 16, on finding help beyond what the book can offer the only information I can honestly say I will not need is the chapter on licensing merchandise. That chapter did give me insight into the work Matco Tools did in order to issue their NFL “Champions” tool boxes that I sold in the early 1990s. The book is clearly written in a conversational style and manages to explain complicated legal matters without jargon. It is also rational in pointing out that sometimes you do need to contact an expert something I have found other how-to books to be reluctant to admit. I highly recommend this book, if you have any notion of using “borrowed” content be it text, artwork, photographs, cartoons, videos, or trademarks you need to check this book out of your local library to learn how to do it inexpensively and, most importantly, legally. If you do much work you are going to want a copy to keep close at hand.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Getting Permission answered all the questions I had about copyrights and those questions I didn't know I should have had. It provided up to date resources for obtaining the needed information, sample forms both in print and on CD, and an idea what to expect in grey areas of the law and practice. It's organized in such a way that the user can find what they need without wading through what's irrelevant to them at that time. I'm contemplating writing a non-fiction book and thought Getting Permission might be nice. I now believe it was not only nice but crucial.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoyed reading this book, even when others, upon seeing me read a book on copyright asked, "What? Are you having trouble sleeping?" Still, I enjoyed reading this book.Richard Stim does a pretty decent job covering the mess that is US Copyright Law, and even dabbles into some of the "intellectual property" laws that people tend to confuse with copyright: Trademark and Likeness Rights.If you deal with copyright, especially the clearing of it, I highly recommend this book. Not only is it written by a legal professional, but it also represents the latest state of the law, including the ridiculous ruling by the 9th circuit court of appeals that indicates that the First Sale doctrine doesn't apply to goods manufactured overseas.My biggest complaint with this book is that it covers a law, or series of laws, that are so broken that legal professionals need to write books on them. My second biggest complaint is that copyright no longer has a maximum term of 28 years.As far as the book goes, what I would have liked to see is a chapter on video/film, and another on software. Both of which topics were not covered as well as text, art, and photography.But, thanks to this book, I've found a publisher to trust for legal matters as much as I trust O'Reilly for technical matters: Nolo. Again: Highly recommended.Legal Disclaimer: Provided you attribute this review to its author, you may quote from it in part or repost it in its whole without fear of my suing you. :)
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Getting Permission is an impressive book. In a clear, organized, and highly readable style, it explains how to find, obtain permission, and use copyrighted material of all types. Text, photographs, video, film, art and music- in written and electronic forms – are all covered. It details procedures and pitfalls and provides examples. A CD is included with necessary forms and agreements. This is a comprehensive guide to the intricacies of the copyrighting and permissions process that I found myself also reading for pleasure.